† diˈmiss, v. Obs.
[f. cl. L. dīmiss- ppl. stem of dīmittĕre to send away, dismiss: cf. dimit, dismiss, and dis- prefix.]
= dismiss v.
| 1543 Grafton Contn. Harding (1812) 567 Charles did dimisse y⊇ young man. 1546 Langley Pol. Verg. De Invent. v. ix. 110 a, When Masse is ended the deacon turning to the people sayeth, Ite missa est, which wordes are borrowed of the rytes of the Paganes, and signifieth that then the companye may be dimissed. 1655 Stanley Hist. Philos. iii. (1701) 99/2 Theætetus disputing of Knowledge, he dimist. 1729 G. Shelvocke Artillery v. 399 It is shot easily from a large Bow, for if it be violently dimissed, the Fire of it will be extinguished. |