neglegere

  • 1neglegere — index disregard, ignore, neglect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2neglect — {{11}}neglect (n.) 1580s, from NEGLECT (Cf. neglect) (v.) or from L. neglectus a neglecting, noun use of pp. of neglegere. {{12}}neglect (v.) 1520s, from L. neglectus, pp. of neglegere to make light of, disregard, be indifferent to, not heed, not …

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  • 3Neglect — Neg*lect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + que, a particle akin to Goth …

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  • 4Neglected — Neglect Neg*lect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + que, a particle akin …

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  • 5Neglecting — Neglect Neg*lect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neglected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Neglecting}.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + que, a particle akin …

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  • 6negligee — also negligé noun Etymology: French négligé, from past participle of négliger to neglect, from Latin neglegere Date: 1756 1. a woman s long flowing usually sheer dressing gown 2. carelessly informal or incomplete attire …

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  • 7negligent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French, from Latin neglegent , neglegens, present participle of neglegere Date: 14th century 1. a. marked by or given to neglect especially habitually or culpably b. failing to …

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  • 8negligible — adjective Etymology: Latin neglegere, negligere Date: 1829 so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention ; trifling < a negligible error > • negligibility noun • negligibly adverb …

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  • 9neglect — I. transitive verb Etymology: Latin neglectus, past participle of neglegere, neclegere, from nec not (akin to ne not) + legere to gather more at no, legend Date: 1529 1. to give little attention or respect to ; disregard 2. to leave undone or&#8230; …

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  • 10Negligence — For other uses, see Negligence (disambiguation). Tort law …

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