See Also: Dismiss(money)
dismiss(1)(dictionary)
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dismiss(dictionary)
Dismiss(law)
MOTION TO DISMISS(law)

dismiss(2) (iou)



dismiss verb. Pa. t. & pple dismissed, dismist. LME.
[medieval Latin dismiss- var. of Latin dimiss- pa. ppl stem of dimittere, from di- DI-1 + mittere send: see DIS- 1. Cf. DIMISS, DIMIT verb1.]
I. verb trans.
Free from custody or confinement. LME.
transf.: J. Sylvester Blushing Aurora had yet scarce dismist Mount Libanus from the Nights gloomy Mist.
Release from a legal liability; exclude from a legal advantage. (Foll. by of.) LME-M17.
Remove, esp. with dishonour, from a post or employment; discharge, expel. (Foll. by from, of, or double obj.) LME.
J. R. Green The King dismissed those of his ministers who still opposed a Spanish policy. Listener He was dismissed the service and sent back to England.
b. Pay off (a hired vehicle etc.). E17.
c. Cricket. Put (a batsman or side) out, esp. for a given score. L19.
Deprive or disappoint of an advantage. Foll. by of, from. L15-M17.
Permit or direct (a person) to go from one's presence; send away. M16.
G. Vidal My father dismissed me with an awkward pat.
b. Let go, send away, (a thing); give egress to. E17.
J. Hawkesworth As a slinger whirls a stone that he would dismiss with all his strength.
Send away in various directions, disperse, (an assembly etc.); disband (an army etc.). L16.
Banish from the mind (a thought, feeling, etc.); treat as unworthy of consideration. L16.
A. Bleasdale He inspects the cigarette end and dismisses, reluctantly, the chances of smoking it. Times We trust that this unfounded..allegation will be dismissed. L. Hudson Lacan..would certainly dismiss the present text as part of a cowardly Anglo-Saxon plot.
b. Allow to be forgotten; overlook (an offence, a promise made). E17-L18.
Send out of court; deny further hearing to (a legal action or claim). E17.
Reject (a person) as unsuitable; spec. put away, divorce, (a wife). E17.
Lay aside, get rid of. Now chiefly with immaterial obj. L17.
Hobbes [Gods] can their form dismiss, And when they will, put on a new disguise.
Pass from the consideration of, bring (a subject) to an end; treat summarily. L17.
Addison I shall dismiss this Paper with a Story out of Josephus.
II. verb intrans.
Of a body of people: disperse from ordered assembly; (Military, in imper.) used as a word of command at the end of drilling. E19.
A. S. Neill The class refused to dismiss, they crowded round Dorothy.
dismissable adjective = dismissible E19.
dismissible adjective liable to be dismissed from office M19.