dismiss : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dismiss	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dismiss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dismiss v bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" Synonym(s): dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!" Synonym(s): dismiss, throw out stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" Synonym(s): dismiss, send packing, send away, drop terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" Synonym(s): displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate Antonym(s): employ, engage, hire end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my report" Synonym(s): dismiss, usher out declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" Synonym(s): dissolve, dismiss
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dismiss \Dismiss"\, 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[82]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dismiss \Dis*miss"\, n. Dismission. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.