Word Meanings - IGNORE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus. 3. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly;

Additional info about word: IGNORE

To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus. 3. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person. Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things before, behind. Mrs. Browning. (more info) 1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with. Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore. Boyle.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of IGNORE)

• Blink
• Wink
• ignore
• connive
• overlook

Related words: (words related to IGNORE)

• BLINK-EYED
  Habitually winking. Marlowe.
• OVERLOOK
  1. To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill. "The pile o'erlooked the town." Dryden. with burning eye did
• CONNIVE
  1. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye. Spectator. 2. To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink ; to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to
• BLINKARD
  1. One who blinks with, or as with, weak eyes. Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns. Marvell. 2. That which twinkles or glances, as a dim star, which appears and disappears. Hakewill.
• CONNIVENCY
  Connivance.
• BLINK BEER
  Beer kept unbroached until it is sharp. Crabb.
• CONNIVER
  One who connives.
• BLINKER
  A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes form glare, etc. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, blinks. 2. A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever obstructs
• IGNORE
  To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus. 3. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly;
• OVERLOOKER
  One who overlooks.
• BLINK
  glance, wink, twinkle, D. blinken to shine; and prob. to D. blikken to glance, twinkle, G. blicken to look, glance, AS. blican to shine, 1. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye. One eye was blinking, and one leg was lame. Pope 2. To see
• CONNIVENT
  Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc. (more info) 1. Forbearing to see; designedly
• SUNBLINK
  A glimpse or flash of the sun. Sir W. Scott.
• MOONBLINK
  A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia.
• SIGNOR; SIGNORE
  Sir; Mr; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is Signor.
• MONSIGNORE
  My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court.