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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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.]
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      1. To cut off; to abstract. [Obs.] --Norris.
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      2. (Metaph.) To consider by a separate act of attention or
         analysis. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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