ignore Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb refuse to acknowledge
disregard; cut; snub.
- She cut him dead at the meeting
verb bar from attention or consideration
dismiss; brush aside; brush off; discount; push aside; disregard.
- She dismissed his advances
verb fail to notice
verb give little or no attention to
disregard; neglect.
- Disregard the errors
verb be ignorant of or in the dark about

L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See Know, and cf. Narrate.

imperfect & past participle Ignored ; present participle & verbal noun Ignoring

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with. Archaic
Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore. Boyle.
(Law) To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for want of evidence. See Ignoramus.
Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person.
Ignoring Italy under our feet, And seeing things before, behind. Mrs. Browning.