User:Hector Belandres

Prescind /prisind/v. 1. tr. (foll. by ...from) cut off (a part from a whole), esp. prematurely or abruptly. 2. Intr. v. (foll. by from) leave out of consideration. [fr. Latin praescindere 'to cut off in front, fr. prae + scindere to cut - more at SHED] vt: to detach fro purposes of thought - to withdraw one's attention.