Definition: ignore

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

ignore
     v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
          [syn: disregard, snub, cut]
     2: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his
        advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush
        off, discount, push aside]
     3: fail to notice [ant: notice]
     4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
         neglect, disregard]
     5: be ignorant of or in the dark about [ant: know]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Ignore \Ig*nore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignored; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Ignoring.] [L. ignorare; pref. in- not + the root of
   gnarus knowing, noscere to become acquainted with. See
   Know, and cf. Narrate.]
   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 want 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.