'Prescind' definitions:
Definition of 'Prescind'
From: GCIDE
- Prescind \Pre*scind"\ (pr[-e]*s[i^]nd"), v. t. [L. praescindere to cut off in front; prae before + scindere to cut asunder: cf. F. prescinder.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To cut off; to abstract. [Obs.] --Norris. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Metaph.) To consider by a separate act of attention or analysis. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]