Sneeze \Sneeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneezed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sneezing.]
[OE. snesen; of uncertain origin; cf. D. snuse
to sniff, E. neese, and AS. fne['o]san.]
To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently,
by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by
irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.
Not to be sneezed at, not to be despised or contemned; not
to be treated lightly. [Colloq.]
``He had to do with old
women who were not to be sneezed at.'' --Prof. Wilson.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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