Adjacent Words
Ignorantignorant of
ignorantia juris neminem excusat
ignorantia legis neminem excusat
Ignorantism
Ignorantist
Ignorantly
ignorantness
ignoratio elenchi
Ignore
ignored
ignorer
Ignoscible
Ignote
ignotum per ignotius
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
Igor Sikorsky
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Tamm
Igor Yevgeneevich Tamm
Igorot
IGQ
Igraine
IGT
Igua
Ignoring definitions
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Ignore Ig*nore", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignored; p. pr. & vb. n. Ignoring.] [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See Know, and cf. Narrate.] 1. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with. [Archaic] Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore. --Boyle. 2. (Law) 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.
