Posted on 06/14/2012 4:25:45 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
prescind \prih-SIND\, verb
to withdraw one's attention
Example sentences:
If we prescind from the main issue for a moment, there is much to be gained by studying some corollary questions.
"For my purposes, we may happily prescind from the metaphysics."
-- From John Collins' 2011 book The Unity of Linguistic Meaning
Etymology:
"Prescind" derives from the Latin verb "praescindere," which means "to cut off in front." "Praescindere," in turn, was formed by combining "prae-" ("before") and "scindere" ("to cut" or "to split"). So it should come as no surprise that when "prescind" began being used during the 17th century, it referred to "cutting off" one’s attention from a subject. An earlier (now archaic) sense was even clearer about the etymological origins of the word, with the meaning "to cut short, off, or away" or "to sever." Other descendants of "scindere" include "rescind" and the rare "scissile" ("capable of being cut").
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2895295/posts
Here’s a real FR dilemma. Support the Stand Your Ground Law or hate the guy with the Mexican surname?
Cloudy and humid here-I wish it would rain...
I’m betting that Obama hopes
No one prescinds from Holder’s show-
If they do, the cover will be off
His political throwing of snow
The sort of virtual white stuff
That mostly obscures what is real
Never mind the economic black ice-
Let Obama tell you how to feel
His conceit has the best of him-
He don’t care who he has to screw
He’s also oblivious to history-
That was Nixon’s downfall, too...
LBJ, Clinton and a bunch of others, I’m sure. But Nixon got caught and we got a pretty good account of all the dirt because so many flunkies dropped the dime on him. I doubt he was that much more corrupt than any other crooked politician, but it all became public.
LOL!
Shouldn’t every day, be Flag Day?
My dear Danish GF, an immigrant to this country, built his own house and business and went out to the tall flagpole in his yard every day to raise and lower the flag.
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