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<blockquote>They were <b>dismembered</b> by vote of the house. <i>R. North.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever.</syn>

<h1>Dismemberment</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*mem"ber*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>desmembrement</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82membrement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m<?/tilation; division; separation.</def>

<blockquote>The Castilians would doubtless have resented the <b>dismemberment</b> of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dismettled</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*met"tled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Llewellyn.</i>

<h1>Dismiss</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*miss"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dismissed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dismissing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>missus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>mittere</ets> to send: cf. <ets>dimittere</ets>, OF. <ets>desmetre</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82mettre</ets>. See <er>Demise</er>, and cf. <er>Dimit</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>dismissed</b> the assembly. <i>Acts xix. 41.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Dismiss</b> their cares when they <b>dismiss</b> their flock. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Though he soon <b>dismissed</b> himself from state affairs. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; <as>as, the king <ex>dismisses</ex> his ministers; the matter <ex>dismisses</ex> his servant.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.</def>

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<hw>Dis*miss"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dismission.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Herbert.</i>

<h1>Dismissal</h1> <Xpage=427>

<hw>Dis*miss"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dismission; discharge.</def>

<blockquote>Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate <b>dismissal</b>. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Dis*mis"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>dimissio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; <as>as, the <ex>dismission</ex> of the grand jury</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.</def>

<h1>Dismissive</h1> <Xpage=427>