dismiss English · revision 15445

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1432|origins=la mittō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /dɪsˈmɪs/; /dɪzˈmɪs/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|dismissen]], apparently [[bor|la|dīmissus]], the past participle of [[m|la|dīmittō|t=to send away, discharge]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) with the prefix changed to dis- by analogy with many other verbs,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from [[m|la|dis-|t=apart, away]] and [[m|la|mittō|t=to send, let go]] (see [[mission]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) Hoad and the New Oxford point to [[la-med|dismissus]] and [[fro|desmis]].^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To release from legal charges or court restraint: the early 15th century in Etymonline, about 1432 in Barnhart.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To remove from office or employment is from the late 15th century (about 1477 in the OED).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) To send away or allow to leave is from the 1540s,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and to disperse an assembly from 1582.^(OED 1989) To put out of one's mind, reject, is a later sense,^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) and in cricket, to put out a batsman, from 1875.^(OED 1989) Middle English also had ''dismit''.^(Etymonline) Dismissal is from before 1806, replacing dismission (1547).^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1432 – to release.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1477 – to remove from office.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1540s – to send away.^(Etymonline)

+ * before 1806 – dismissal.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1875 – to dismiss a batsman.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To remove from a job or position; to [[discharge]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To send away or allow to leave.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To refuse to consider seriously; to [[reject]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(law)'' To refuse further hearing to a case.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(cricket)'' To put out a batsman or team.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dismissible]]

+ * [[dismission]]

+ * [[dismissive]]

+ * [[dismissively]]

+ * [[redismiss]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dismissal]]

+ * [[mission]]

+ * [[emit]]

+ * [[remit]]

+ * [[transmit]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}