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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dismiss  \Dis*miss"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Dismissed};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Dismissing}.]  [L.  dis-  +  missus,  p.  p.  of  mittere  to 
  send:  cf  dimittere  OF  desmetre  F.  d['e]mettre.  See 
  {Demise},  and  cf  {Dimit}.] 
  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. 




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