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according to wiktionary [1], this is indeed a possible meaning of the verb "to ignore", but it is marked as "obsolete". This is a case of false friend when tra
by enriquto 7y ago
according to wiktionary [1], this is indeed a possible meaning of the verb "to ignore", but it is marked as "obsolete".
This is a case of false friend when translating from french, where this meaning is the first one [2].
[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ignore#Verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ignore#Verb
[2] https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ignorer#Verbe https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ignorer#Verbe
- jbn 7y agoRight, and it's likely that this verb was imported into English from French :) TIL!