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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Prescind

/(prē̇*sĭnd")/ · Pre·scind · IPA
01 v. t. To cut off; to abstract.
  1. 1.
    To cut off; to abstract.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To consider by a separate act of attention or analysis.(Metaph.)