The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   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.
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