† aˈmission Obs.
[a. Fr. amission, ad. L. āmissiōn-em loss, losing, n. of action f. āmitt-ĕre to lose, f. ā off + mittĕre to send, let go.]
Loss.
| 1623 T. Ailesbury Serm. 11 In amission, the act is necessarie; in emission, voluntary. 1650 Bulwer Anthropomet. xiii. 138 [Their] speech hath been very much impaired by the amission of their Fore teeth. 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 8 Again, the amission of God has taken up the name of sin. 1755 in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts. |