O-mĭt', v. t.

[imp. & p. p. OMITTED; p. pr. & vb. n. OMITTING.] [Lat. omittere, omissum, from prefix ob and mittere, to cause to go, let go, send; Fr. omettre, Sp. omitir, It. omettere, ommettere.] 1. To let fall; to leave out; not to insert or name; to drop. These personal comparisons I omit. Bacon. 2. Hence, to pass by; to forbear to perform or to make use of; to neglect. Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age. Addison.