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Webster 1913 Edition
Dismiss
Dis-miss′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dismissed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dismissing
.] 1.
To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
He
dismissed
the assembly. Acts xix. 41.
Dismiss
their cares when they dismiss
their flock. Cowper.
Though he soon
dismissed
himself from state affairs. Dryden.
2.
To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment;
as, the king
dismisses
his ministers; the matter dismisses
his servant.3.
To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
Dis-miss′
,Noun.
Dismission.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Herbert.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dismiss
DISMISS
,Verb.
T.
1.
To send away; properly, to give leave of departure; to permit to depart; implying authority in a person to retain or keep. The town clerk dismissed the assembly.2.
To discard; to remove from office, service or employment. The king dismisses his ministers; the master dismisses his servant; and the employer, his workmen. Officers are dismissed from service, and students from college.3.
To send; to dispatch.He dismissed embassadors from Pekin to Tooshoo Loomboo. [Improper.]
4.
To send or remove from a docket; to discontinue; as, to dismiss a bill in chancery.DISMISS
,Noun.