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/dɪsmˈɪs/ Listen

verb

Dismiss v. t. (past & past part. dismissed; pres. part. dismissing)

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. "He dismissed the assembly." "Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock." "Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs."

To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.

To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.

noun

Dismiss n. Dismission. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Dismiss'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dismiss" Quotes from Famous Books

... as that which I once saw at an English fair, where everything was done decently and in order; and the fight began and ended with such grave propriety, that a sporting parson need hardly have hesitated to open it with a devout petition, and, after it was over, dismiss ...

— The Professor at the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)

... of the soil, was given in many cases the right to establish civil government. These proprietors had all the inferior royalties and subordinate powers of legislation. The proprietor could appoint or dismiss the governor, he could invest him with the power to convene a legislature, with power to veto its acts according to his wishes, and to perform all other powers of a governor. All laws made, ...

— Government and Administration of the United States • Westel W. Willoughby and William F. Willoughby

... not dismiss the subject of Indian affairs without again recommending to your consideration the expediency of more adequate provision for giving energy to the laws throughout our interior frontier and for restraining the commission of outrages upon the Indians, without which all pacific plans must ...

— State of the Union Addresses of George Washington • George Washington

... she continued, with an encouraging smile, "you must remain at home all the evening; and if any friends should visit you, dismiss them at once on any pretext that most readily presents itself. Your door is probably shut by ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... Well, it lifts no load from mine," was the angry retort. He stood considering. Then with an impatient gesture he seemed to dismiss his thoughts. "I can do nothing," he said, "nothing without being false to my duty and becoming as bad as you have been, O'Moy, and without any of the sentimental justification that existed in your case. I can't allow the matter ...

— The Snare • Rafael Sabatini

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