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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ig·nore v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignored p. pr. & vb. n. Ignoring.]
 1. 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.
 2. Law To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for lack of evidence. See Ignoramus.
 3. 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.