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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.
Definition 2025
dismiss
dismiss
English
Verb
dismiss (third-person singular simple present dismisses, present participle dismissing, simple past and past participle dismissed)
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(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
- The company dismissed me after less than a year.
- (transitive) To order to leave.
- The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.
- (transitive) To dispel; to rid one's mind of.
- He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.
- (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
- The court dismissed the case.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IV”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- "He was here," observed Drina composedly, "and father was angry with him." ¶ "What?" exclaimed Eileen. "When?" ¶ "This morning, before father went downtown." ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina's case.
- To send or put away.
- She dismissed him with a wave of the hand.
- (transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out.
- He was dismissed for 99 runs.
- (transitive, soccer) To give someone a red card; to send off.
- 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1-3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
- Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.
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Related terms
Synonyms
- See Wikisaurus:lay off (from employment)
Translations
to discharge
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to order to leave
to dispel
to reject, refuse to accept
to give someone a red card
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