Pre*scind" (pr&esl;*s&ibreve;nd"), v. t.
[L. praescindere to cut off in front; prae before +
scindere to cut asunder: cf. F. prescinder.]
1. To cut off; to abstract. [Obs.]
Norris.
2. (Metaph.) To consider by a separate
act of attention or analysis. Sir W. Hamilton.