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a. Homiletical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. ominatus, p. p. of ominari to presage, fr. omen. ] To presage; to foreshow; to foretoken. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ominatio. ] The act of ominating; presaging. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ominosus, fr. omen. See Omen. ] Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Om"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Om"i*nous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being omitted; that may be omitted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. omissio: cf. F. omission. See Omit. ] 1. The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most natural division of all offenses is into those of omission and those of commission. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is omitted or is left undone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Omit. ] Leaving out; omitting. Bp. Hall. -- O*mis"sive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Omitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Omitting. ] [ L. omittere, omissum; ob (see Ob- + mittere to cause to go, let go, send. See Mission. ] 1. To let go; to leave unmentioned; not to insert or name; to drop. [ 1913 Webster ]

These personal comparisons I omit. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect; to pass over. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her father omitted nothing in her education that might make her the most accomplished woman of her age. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]