dismissv.

Brit.

/dɪsˈmɪs/, U.S.

/dəˈsmɪs/

Forms: Past tense and participle dismissed; in Middle English–1600s dismyste, dismist.

Etymology: apparently < Latin dīmiss- participial stem of dīmittĕre to send away (see dimit v.) with the prefix altered to dis- prefix after the already existing dismit v., Old French desmetre . It appears to occur first in the past participle dismissed , used by Caxton (see sense 3) to render the Old French past participle desmis (= Latin dīmissus ), and it is probable that this was the way by which dismiss became at length the accepted English representation of Latin dīmittĕre in all its senses. It was preceded in use by dismit v., and had to contend in 16–17th cent. with the etymologically more regular forms dimit v., dimiss v., as well as demit v.² (from French démettre).

a. transitive. To send away in various directions, disperse, dissolve (a gathering of people, etc.); to disband (an army, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > a company or assembly

dissever1393

parta1400

skaila1400

to break up1483

disassemble1550

dismiss1582

disband1591

unflock1611

revoke1675

break1685

bust1855

1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts xix. 41 He dismissed the assemblie.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 103 I may dismisse this Court.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures vi. 16 Relying on this Treaty of Peace he dismist his Army.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 181 After this..the Council is dismist.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 624 Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci i. iii. 16 For God's sake Let me dismiss the guests!

b. intransitive (for reflexive). To disperse from ordered assembly; to break ranks by word of command.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > break up (of an assembly)

sunderc1225

dissolvea1535

to break up1535

disband1598

dissemblea1626

dismiss1809

separate1885

to let out1888

1809 A. Adam in W. Scott Fam. Lett. (1894) I. 155 He..added faintly, ‘But it grows dark, very dark, the boys may dismiss’.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. ix. 385 Finally, the National Assembly is harangued;..and dismisses for this night.

1859 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. xcviii. 86 A ministry, which..scatters the boasted counsellors, like a battalion on the word ‘Dis-miss’.

a. transitive. To send away (a person); to give permission to go; to bid depart.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss

congeec1330

turnc1330

putc1350

dismitc1384

refusea1387

repel?a1439

avyec1440

avoida1464

depart1484

license1484

to give (a person) his (also her, etc.) leave?a1513

demit1529

dispatcha1533

senda1533

to send a grazing1533

demise1541

dimiss1543

abandon1548

dimit1548

discharge1548

dismiss1548

to turn off1564

aband1574

quit1575

hencea1586

cashier1592

to turn away1602

disband1604

amand1611

absquatulize1829

chassé1847

to send to the pack1912

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxiv^v So with fayre wordes..he dismissed the messengers.

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. ii. 78 Please it your highnes to dismisse me either with I or no.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 108 We can..dismiss thee ere the Morning shine.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 54 To dismiss my Visitor.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 82 Your oath is broken: we dismiss you: go.

b. transferred. To send forth (a thing); to let go; to give issue or egress to.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. iii. 96 Life being wearie of these worldly Barres, Neuer lacks power to dismisse it selfe.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iii. 116 In a moment he vomited out a life, that ought not to have been dismist, till after the horror of a thousand torments.

1768 J. Hawkesworth tr. Télémaque (1784) xv. 144/2 As a slinger whirls a stone that he would dismiss with all his strength.

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 206 They dismiss the great optic nerves by a notch.

a. To send away or remove from office, employment, or position; to discharge, discard, expel. Const. from, †of, and double object.Also: to free from (an office) by a formal discharge (U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)]

outOE

deposec1300

remuec1325

to put out1344

to set downc1369

deprivec1374

outputa1382

removea1382

to throw outa1382

to put downc1384

privea1387

to set adowna1387

to put out of ——?a1400

amovec1425

disappoint1434

unmakec1475

dismiss1477

dispoint1483

voidc1503

to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546

relieve1549

cass1550

displace1553

unauthorize1554

to wring out1560

seclude1572

eject1576

dispost1577

decass1579

overboard1585

cast1587

sequester1587

to put to grass1589

cashier1592

discompose1599

abdicate1610

unseat1611

dismount1612

disoffice1627

to take off1642

unchair1645

destitute1653

lift1659

resign1674

quietus1688

superannuate1692

derange1796

shelve1812

shelf1819

Stellenbosch1900

defenestrate1917

axe1922

retire1961

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge

to put awaya1387

discharge1428

dismiss1477

to put out of wages1542

discard1589

to turn away1602

to put off1608

disemploy1619

to pay off1648

to pay off1651

to turn out1667

to turn off1676

quietus1688

strip1756

trundle1794

unshop1839

shopc1840

to lay off1841

sack1841

drop1845

to give (a person) the shoot1846

bag1848

swap1862

fire1879

to knock off1881

bounce1884

to give (a person) the pushc1886

to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888

bump1899

spear1911

to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911

terminate1920

tramp1941

shitcan1961

pink slip1966

dehire1970

resize1975

to give a person his jotters1990

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 107 Zethephius dismyssed of his office..attemprid his corage..so well..that he recouurid the..good grace of the kyng.

1481 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 313 To be thysmyste from the forsayde fraternyte.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 85^v I meane shortly to sue to the Empresse to bee dysmissed of the court.

1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 369 Yesterday Sir John Lowther was dismist the treasury.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Ld. Clifford in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. A He soon dismiss'd himself from State-Affairs.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 77 They dismiss'd them the Society.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §2. 477 The King dismissed those of his ministers who still opposed a Spanish policy.

1907 Springfield Weekly Republican 7 Mar. 14 Rev. T. Claire Luce..who recently resigned on account of ill-health, was Monday formally dismissed by a council representing the neighbouring churches.

b. To discharge from service (a hired vehicle, etc.).

ΚΠ

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 299 Yet did they not dismisse their hired ships.

1836 F. Marryat Japhet III. xvii. 183 I dismissed the coach.

c. Cricket. To put (a batter or side) out (usually for a score).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > put out [verb (transitive)]

to put out1735

take1828

to get out1833

remove1843

to send back1870

dismiss1875

out1899

get1901

1875 Field 22 May 501 Ten runs later Mr Longman was dismissed, and sundry changes were made in the bowling.

1892 Times 22 July 7 Afterwards Gunn saw the rest of his side dismissed, and took out his bat for a faultless 98.

1912 A. Brazil New Girl at St. Chad's vii. iii The St. Hilary side was dismissed for sixty-seven.

1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise xviii. 306 The Brotherhoods were dismissed for 155, and the Pym Eleven gathered themselves together from the four corners of the field.

†4. To deprive or disappoint of or from some advantage. Cf. 10a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > of something expected

failc1386

dismiss1490

mock1541

to cut short1755

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xx. 445 He was dysmyssed of his purpose.

1590 E. Webbe Rare & Wonderfull Things (new ed.) sig. B2^v The Turke..might if hee would, dismisse them cleane from hauing anie water at all.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 104 The Galleys..durst not enter the harbour..The Florentines being dismissed of their Galleys, grew discouraged.

a. To release or discharge from confinement. [Dysmysse in Halliwell's ed. of Coventry Myst. (1841) 315 is an alteration of the manuscript dymysse.]

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > release from custody

dischargec1503

dismiss1647

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 227 Persons taken and imprisoned upon excommunication are ordinarily dismist without satisfaction unto the Prelate.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation i. 38 So to dismiss them, and set them at liberty.

1783 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 1 146 She..was dismissed the hospital, perfectly cured.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 28 Blushing Aurora, had yet scarce dismiste Mount Libanus from the Nights gloomie miste.

1839 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 578/1 Sometimes a fall from the summit of awful precipices has dismissed them from the anguish of perplexity..and in the same moment perhaps from life.

6. To discard, reject; esp. (as Latin dīmittĕre) to put away, repudiate (a wife). Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject

awarpc1000

forwerpeOE

warpc1000

nillOE

warnc1300

reprovec1350

to put abacka1382

to throw awaya1382

repugnc1384

to put awaya1387

waivec1386

forshoota1400

disavowc1400

defyc1405

disprovec1430

repelc1443

flemea1450

to put backa1500

reject?1504

refutea1513

repulse1533

refel1548

repudiate1548

disallowa1555

project?1567

expel1575

discard1578

overrule1578

forsay1579

check1601

decard1605

dismiss1608

reprobate1609

devow1610

retorta1616

disclaimc1626

noforsootha1644

respuate1657

reluctate1668

negative1778

no-ball1862

basket1867

to set one's foot down1873

not to have any (of it, that, this)1895

to put down1944

eighty-six1959

neg1987

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > divorce or separate [verb (intransitive)]

divort1581

dismiss1608

unmarry1635

divorce1643

separate1686

to part beds1710

to break a marriage1844

bust1880

to break up1912

split1942

uncouple1942

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > dissolve (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > divorce (a spouse) > divorce a wife

repudy1477

refuse?1530

repudiatec1540

dismiss1608

unmarry1645

1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. II. iii. vii. 77 Whether the wronged husband..should retaine, or dismisse: dismissing, whether he may marry.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 67 Broome-groues; Whose shadow the dismissed Batchelor loues.

1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 34 God..hath dismissed Leui, and repealed that Law of Tithes.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. ii. 393 Breach of wedlock..for which onley had they dismissed their wives.

1834 S. Gobat Jrnl. Abyssinia 346 When, therefore, a man has dismissed his third wife.

7. To put away, lay aside, divest oneself of, get rid of. (Now rare with regard to things material.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)]

to let awaya1000

forcast?c1225

to lay downc1275

forthrow1340

flita1375

removea1382

to cast away1382

understrewc1384

castc1390

to lay awaya1400

to lay asidec1440

slingc1440

warpiss1444

to lay from, offc1480

way-put1496

depose1526

to lay apart1526

to put off1526

to set apart1530

to turn up1541

abandonate?1561

devest1566

dispatch1569

decarta1572

discard1578

to make away1580

to fling away1587

to cast off1597

doff1599

cashier1603

to set by1603

moult1604

excuss1607

retorta1616

divest1639

deposit1646

disentail1667

dismiss1675

slough1845

shed1856

jettison1869

shake1872

offload1900

junk1911

dump1919

sluff1934

bin1940

to put down1944

shitcan1973

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xiii. 162 [Gods] can their form dismiss, And when they will, put on a new disguise.

1683 A. Behn Young King v. i. 53 Dismiss her Fetters, and if she please Let her have Garments suitable to her Sex.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 59 The crafty God His Wings dismiss'd, but still retain'd his Rod.

1772 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 9 Nov. This will soon dismiss all incumbrances; and when no interest is paid, you will begin annually to lay up.

1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxviii. 325 That the architrave shall entirely dismiss its inner three meagre lines.

a. To put away from the mind, leave out of consideration, cease to entertain (ideas, emotions, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > deliberate forgetting, condoning > [verb (transitive)] > consign to oblivion

defacec1386

to strike by1457

efface1490

unlearna1500

obliterate1548

delete1563

oblivionize1593

dismiss1594

bury1595

oblivion1659

obliviate1661

erase1695

to go into the discard1927

cancel1990

1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. D^v Dismisse your vows, your fained tears.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 282 Dismissing quite All thoughts of Warr.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 31 He, smiling, said, Dismiss your Fear.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 442 Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, But God will never.

1884 Manch. Examiner 17 June 5/1 We may dismiss any apprehension that the political affairs of Egypt will be taken in charge.

†b. To allow to pass out of mind; to forgive; to forgo. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > forgive [verb (transitive)] > specifically an offence

forgiveOE

atletc1200

to pass overa1425

sparea1425

remit1457

dispense1563

dismissa1616

condonate1656

condone1851

to look over ——1887

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 104 Those..Which a dismis'd offence, would after gaule.

1786 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) IV. 345 The Elders of his Church..would dismiss my promise.

9. To pass from the consideration or the literary treatment of (a subject), to have done with, bring to an end; hence to treat of summarily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)]

yendc1000

abatec1300

finec1300

endc1305

finisha1375

definec1384

terminec1390

achievea1393

out-enda1400

terminate?a1425

conclude1430

close1439

to bring adowna1450

terma1475

adetermine1483

determine1483

to knit up1530

do1549

parclose1558

to shut up1575

expire1578

date1589

to close up1592

period1595

includea1616

apostrophate1622

to wind off1650

periodizea1657

dismiss1698

to wind up1740

to put the lid on1873

to put the tin hat on something1900

to wash up1925

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 47 Before we dismiss this Discourse, it may be noted [etc.].

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §40. 41 Before we dismiss this Subject.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 110. ¶7 I shall dismiss this Paper with a Story out of Josephus.

1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab v 70 Both De Saulcy and Lynch have dismissed Kerak very shortly.

10. Law.

†a. reflexive (with of or infinitive) To relieve or free oneself from (a legal burden); to deprive or exclude oneself from (a legal advantage). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal concepts > [verb (reflexive)] > relinquish a right or obligation

dismit1394

dismiss1528

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxi She hath vtterly dysmyssed herselfe to haue ony parte of the tenementes.

1562 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xxxi. 356 Thereby to be dismissed of all action of debt or trespass.

a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 70 The Court may dismisse themselves of discussing the matter by examination.

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §448. 193 The husband doth presently dismisse himselfe of the possession.

b. To send out of court, refuse further hearing to, reject (a claim or action).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)] > give judgement against > reject a claim

dismissa1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 75 You..dismisse the Controuersie bleeding.

1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 8 Therefore he humbly would insist, The Bill might be with Costs dismist.

1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 329 The appeal should be dismissed, and the decree..affirmed.

1891 Law Times 92 93/2 The plaintiff's action was dismissed with costs.

c. To discharge or acquit (an accused person).

ΚΠ

1904 N.Y. Times 30 Apr. 9 Judge McCann of the Police Court had received requests from women all over the city asking that Mrs. Wiggs be dismissed.

Derivatives

dismissed adj.

/dɪsˈmɪst/

ΚΠ

a1616 [see sense 8b].

disˈmissing n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > dismissal or discharge

discharginga1398

discharge1523

quietus est1530

conduction1538

cassing1550

remove1553

destitution1554

mittimus1596

dismissionc1600

quietus1635

removal1645

cashierment1656

separation1779

dismissing1799

dismissala1806

to give (a person) the sack1825

bullet1841

congee1847

decapitation1869

G.B.1880

the shove1899

spear1912

bob-tail1915

severance1941

sacking1958

termination1974

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Manumission, a manumission, or dismissing.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 445 There fals..a Dismission; A dismissing out of this world.

1799 L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) iii. 148 What is the reason of this person's dismissing of his servant so hastily?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dismiss
释义	† dismissn. Etymology: < dismiss v. Obsolete. An act of dismissing, a dismissal; also, a document embodying a dismissal. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > sending away or dismissing dimission1530 dismiss1589 recoilmenta1608 dismission1608 discharge1616 dismissmenta1626 cashiering1629 avoidance1633 sending1748 discard1787 dismissala1806 demission1811 turn-away1858 1589 W. Raleigh Let. in Notes & Queries (1863) 3rd Ser. IV. 3 Order from the Queen for a dismis of their cavelacions. 1618 L. Parsons in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. II. 154 I send away this bearer..with his dissmiss hereinclosed. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 87 Provided that the dismisse was not without reasonable conditions to the wife. 1678 Massacre Irel. 2 The Priests gave the People a dismiss at Mass. 1705 D. Defoe in E. Arber Eng. Garner (1895) VII. 624 At the dismiss of their work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). dismissv. Brit. /dɪsˈmɪs/, U.S. /dəˈsmɪs/ Forms: Past tense and participle dismissed; in Middle English–1600s dismyste, dismist. Etymology: apparently < Latin dīmiss- participial stem of dīmittĕre to send away (see dimit v.) with the prefix altered to dis- prefix after the already existing dismit v., Old French desmetre . It appears to occur first in the past participle dismissed , used by Caxton (see sense 3) to render the Old French past participle desmis (= Latin dīmissus ), and it is probable that this was the way by which dismiss became at length the accepted English representation of Latin dīmittĕre in all its senses. It was preceded in use by dismit v., and had to contend in 16–17th cent. with the etymologically more regular forms dimit v., dimiss v., as well as demit v.² (from French démettre). 1. a. transitive. To send away in various directions, disperse, dissolve (a gathering of people, etc.); to disband (an army, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > a company or assembly dissever1393 parta1400 skaila1400 to break up1483 disassemble1550 dismiss1582 disband1591 unflock1611 revoke1675 break1685 bust1855 1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts xix. 41 He dismissed the assemblie. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 103 I may dismisse this Court. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures vi. 16 Relying on this Treaty of Peace he dismist his Army. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 181 After this..the Council is dismist. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 624 Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci i. iii. 16 For God's sake Let me dismiss the guests! b. intransitive (for reflexive). To disperse from ordered assembly; to break ranks by word of command. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > break up (of an assembly) sunderc1225 dissolvea1535 to break up1535 disband1598 dissemblea1626 dismiss1809 separate1885 to let out1888 1809 A. Adam in W. Scott Fam. Lett. (1894) I. 155 He..added faintly, ‘But it grows dark, very dark, the boys may dismiss’. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. ix. 385 Finally, the National Assembly is harangued;..and dismisses for this night. 1859 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. xcviii. 86 A ministry, which..scatters the boasted counsellors, like a battalion on the word ‘Dis-miss’. 2. a. transitive. To send away (a person); to give permission to go; to bid depart. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss congeec1330 turnc1330 putc1350 dismitc1384 refusea1387 repel?a1439 avyec1440 avoida1464 depart1484 license1484 to give (a person) his (also her, etc.) leave?a1513 demit1529 dispatcha1533 senda1533 to send a grazing1533 demise1541 dimiss1543 abandon1548 dimit1548 discharge1548 dismiss1548 to turn off1564 aband1574 quit1575 hencea1586 cashier1592 to turn away1602 disband1604 amand1611 absquatulize1829 chassé1847 to send to the pack1912 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxiv^v So with fayre wordes..he dismissed the messengers. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 iii. ii. 78 Please it your highnes to dismisse me either with I or no. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 108 We can..dismiss thee ere the Morning shine. View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 54 To dismiss my Visitor. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 82 Your oath is broken: we dismiss you: go. b. transferred. To send forth (a thing); to let go; to give issue or egress to. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. iii. 96 Life being wearie of these worldly Barres, Neuer lacks power to dismisse it selfe. View more context for this quotation 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon i. iii. 116 In a moment he vomited out a life, that ought not to have been dismist, till after the horror of a thousand torments. 1768 J. Hawkesworth tr. Télémaque (1784) xv. 144/2 As a slinger whirls a stone that he would dismiss with all his strength. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 206 They dismiss the great optic nerves by a notch. 3. a. To send away or remove from office, employment, or position; to discharge, discard, expel. Const. from, †of, and double object.Also: to free from (an office) by a formal discharge (U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > dismiss or discharge to put awaya1387 discharge1428 dismiss1477 to put out of wages1542 discard1589 to turn away1602 to put off1608 disemploy1619 to pay off1648 to pay off1651 to turn out1667 to turn off1676 quietus1688 strip1756 trundle1794 unshop1839 shopc1840 to lay off1841 sack1841 drop1845 to give (a person) the shoot1846 bag1848 swap1862 fire1879 to knock off1881 bounce1884 to give (a person) the pushc1886 to give (a person) the boot or the order of the boot1888 bump1899 spear1911 to strike (a medical practitioner, etc.) off the register1911 terminate1920 tramp1941 shitcan1961 pink slip1966 dehire1970 resize1975 to give a person his jotters1990 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 107 Zethephius dismyssed of his office..attemprid his corage..so well..that he recouurid the..good grace of the kyng. 1481 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 313 To be thysmyste from the forsayde fraternyte. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 85^v I meane shortly to sue to the Empresse to bee dysmissed of the court. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 369 Yesterday Sir John Lowther was dismist the treasury. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Ld. Clifford in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. A He soon dismiss'd himself from State-Affairs. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 77 They dismiss'd them the Society. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §2. 477 The King dismissed those of his ministers who still opposed a Spanish policy. 1907 Springfield Weekly Republican 7 Mar. 14 Rev. T. Claire Luce..who recently resigned on account of ill-health, was Monday formally dismissed by a council representing the neighbouring churches. b. To discharge from service (a hired vehicle, etc.). ΚΠ 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 299 Yet did they not dismisse their hired ships. 1836 F. Marryat Japhet III. xvii. 183 I dismissed the coach. c. Cricket. To put (a batter or side) out (usually for a score). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > put out [verb (transitive)] to put out1735 take1828 to get out1833 remove1843 to send back1870 dismiss1875 out1899 get1901 1875 Field 22 May 501 Ten runs later Mr Longman was dismissed, and sundry changes were made in the bowling. 1892 Times 22 July 7 Afterwards Gunn saw the rest of his side dismissed, and took out his bat for a faultless 98. 1912 A. Brazil New Girl at St. Chad's vii. iii The St. Hilary side was dismissed for sixty-seven. 1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise xviii. 306 The Brotherhoods were dismissed for 155, and the Pym Eleven gathered themselves together from the four corners of the field. †4. To deprive or disappoint of or from some advantage. Cf. 10a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > disappoint, frustrate [verb (transitive)] > of something expected failc1386 dismiss1490 mock1541 to cut short1755 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xx. 445 He was dysmyssed of his purpose. 1590 E. Webbe Rare & Wonderfull Things (new ed.) sig. B2^v The Turke..might if hee would, dismisse them cleane from hauing anie water at all. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 104 The Galleys..durst not enter the harbour..The Florentines being dismissed of their Galleys, grew discouraged. 5. a. To release or discharge from confinement. [Dysmysse in Halliwell's ed. of Coventry Myst. (1841) 315 is an alteration of the manuscript dymysse.] ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > release from custody dischargec1503 dismiss1647 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 227 Persons taken and imprisoned upon excommunication are ordinarily dismist without satisfaction unto the Prelate. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation i. 38 So to dismiss them, and set them at liberty. 1783 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 1 146 She..was dismissed the hospital, perfectly cured. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 28 Blushing Aurora, had yet scarce dismiste Mount Libanus from the Nights gloomie miste. 1839 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 578/1 Sometimes a fall from the summit of awful precipices has dismissed them from the anguish of perplexity..and in the same moment perhaps from life. 6. To discard, reject; esp. (as Latin dīmittĕre) to put away, repudiate (a wife). Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject awarpc1000 forwerpeOE warpc1000 nillOE warnc1300 reprovec1350 to put abacka1382 to throw awaya1382 repugnc1384 to put awaya1387 waivec1386 forshoota1400 disavowc1400 defyc1405 disprovec1430 repelc1443 flemea1450 to put backa1500 reject?1504 refutea1513 repulse1533 refel1548 repudiate1548 disallowa1555 project?1567 expel1575 discard1578 overrule1578 forsay1579 check1601 decard1605 dismiss1608 reprobate1609 devow1610 retorta1616 disclaimc1626 noforsootha1644 respuate1657 reluctate1668 negative1778 no-ball1862 basket1867 to set one's foot down1873 not to have any (of it, that, this)1895 to put down1944 eighty-six1959 neg1987 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > divorce or separate [verb (intransitive)] divort1581 dismiss1608 unmarry1635 divorce1643 separate1686 to part beds1710 to break a marriage1844 bust1880 to break up1912 split1942 split1942 uncouple1942 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > dissolve (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > divorce (a spouse) > divorce a wife repudy1477 refuse?1530 repudiatec1540 dismiss1608 unmarry1645 1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. II. iii. vii. 77 Whether the wronged husband..should retaine, or dismisse: dismissing, whether he may marry. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 67 Broome-groues; Whose shadow the dismissed Batchelor loues. 1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 34 God..hath dismissed Leui, and repealed that Law of Tithes. 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iv. ii. 393 Breach of wedlock..for which onley had they dismissed their wives. 1834 S. Gobat Jrnl. Abyssinia 346 When, therefore, a man has dismissed his third wife. 7. To put away, lay aside, divest oneself of, get rid of. (Now rare with regard to things material.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] to let awaya1000 forcast?c1225 to lay downc1275 forthrow1340 flita1375 removea1382 to cast away1382 understrewc1384 castc1390 to lay awaya1400 to lay asidec1440 slingc1440 warpiss1444 to lay from, offc1480 way-put1496 depose1526 to lay apart1526 to put off1526 to set apart1530 to turn up1541 abandonate?1561 devest1566 dispatch1569 decarta1572 discard1578 to make away1580 to fling away1587 to cast off1597 doff1599 cashier1603 to set by1603 moult1604 excuss1607 retorta1616 divest1639 deposit1646 disentail1667 dismiss1675 slough1845 shed1856 jettison1869 shake1872 offload1900 junk1911 dump1919 sluff1934 bin1940 to put down1944 shitcan1973 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xiii. 162 [Gods] can their form dismiss, And when they will, put on a new disguise. 1683 A. Behn Young King v. i. 53 Dismiss her Fetters, and if she please Let her have Garments suitable to her Sex. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Metamorphoses i, in Examen Poeticum 59 The crafty God His Wings dismiss'd, but still retain'd his Rod. 1772 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 9 Nov. This will soon dismiss all incumbrances; and when no interest is paid, you will begin annually to lay up. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxviii. 325 That the architrave shall entirely dismiss its inner three meagre lines. 8. a. To put away from the mind, leave out of consideration, cease to entertain (ideas, emotions, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > deliberate forgetting, condoning > [verb (transitive)] > consign to oblivion defacec1386 to strike by1457 efface1490 unlearna1500 obliterate1548 delete1563 oblivionize1593 dismiss1594 bury1595 oblivion1659 obliviate1661 erase1695 to go into the discard1927 cancel1990 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. D^v Dismisse your vows, your fained tears. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 282 Dismissing quite All thoughts of Warr. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 31 He, smiling, said, Dismiss your Fear. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 442 Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, But God will never. 1884 Manch. Examiner 17 June 5/1 We may dismiss any apprehension that the political affairs of Egypt will be taken in charge. †b. To allow to pass out of mind; to forgive; to forgo. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > forgive [verb (transitive)] > specifically an offence forgiveOE atletc1200 to pass overa1425 sparea1425 remit1457 dispense1563 dismissa1616 condonate1656 condone1851 to look over ——1887 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 104 Those..Which a dismis'd offence, would after gaule. View more context for this quotation 1786 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) IV. 345 The Elders of his Church..would dismiss my promise. 9. To pass from the consideration or the literary treatment of (a subject), to have done with, bring to an end; hence to treat of summarily. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)] yendc1000 abatec1300 finec1300 endc1305 finisha1375 definec1384 terminec1390 achievea1393 out-enda1400 terminate?a1425 conclude1430 close1439 to bring adowna1450 terma1475 adetermine1483 determine1483 to knit up1530 do1549 parclose1558 to shut up1575 expire1578 date1589 to close up1592 period1595 includea1616 apostrophate1622 to wind off1650 periodizea1657 dismiss1698 to wind up1740 to put the lid on1873 to put the tin hat on something1900 to wash up1925 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 47 Before we dismiss this Discourse, it may be noted [etc.]. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §40. 41 Before we dismiss this Subject. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 110. ¶7 I shall dismiss this Paper with a Story out of Josephus. 1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab v 70 Both De Saulcy and Lynch have dismissed Kerak very shortly. 10. Law. †a. reflexive (with of or infinitive) To relieve or free oneself from (a legal burden); to deprive or exclude oneself from (a legal advantage). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal concepts > [verb (reflexive)] > relinquish a right or obligation dismit1394 dismiss1528 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxi She hath vtterly dysmyssed herselfe to haue ony parte of the tenementes. 1562 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation I. xxxi. 356 Thereby to be dismissed of all action of debt or trespass. a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 70 The Court may dismisse themselves of discussing the matter by examination. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §448. 193 The husband doth presently dismisse himselfe of the possession. b. To send out of court, refuse further hearing to, reject (a claim or action). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)] > give judgement against > reject a claim dismissa1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 75 You..dismisse the Controuersie bleeding. View more context for this quotation 1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 8 Therefore he humbly would insist, The Bill might be with Costs dismist. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 329 The appeal should be dismissed, and the decree..affirmed. 1891 Law Times 92 93/2 The plaintiff's action was dismissed with costs. c. To discharge or acquit (an accused person). ΚΠ 1904 N.Y. Times 30 Apr. 9 Judge McCann of the Police Court had received requests from women all over the city asking that Mrs. Wiggs be dismissed. Derivatives dismissed adj. /dɪsˈmɪst/ ΚΠ a1616 [see sense 8b]. disˈmissing n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > dismissal or discharge discharginga1398 discharge1523 quietus est1530 conduction1538 cassing1550 remove1553 destitution1554 mittimus1596 dismissionc1600 quietus1635 removal1645 cashierment1656 separation1779 dismissing1799 dismissala1806 to give (a person) the sack1825 bullet1841 congee1847 decapitation1869 G.B.1880 the shove1899 spear1912 bob-tail1915 severance1941 sacking1958 termination1974 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Manumission, a manumission, or dismissing. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 445 There fals..a Dismission; A dismissing out of this world. 1799 L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) iii. 148 What is the reason of this person's dismissing of his servant so hastily? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589v.1477
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