isolate (as in consider separately) v.t.: prescind
[This is generally used as in “prescind from”.]
The Internet is fast becoming a . . . universal library of books in print. Millions of books are available almost immediately, through a simple click of the mouse. But even if we prescind from the conservative complaint that books aren’t as good as they used to be, it’s still statistically improbable that the best books in any given field will happen to be the most recent ones. That’s why it’s so important that worthy old titles be restored to print. (Mike Potemra, Book Shelf, National Review, 10/9/2000.)
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