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Synonyms for dismissed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : dis-mis
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈmɪs

Définition of dismissed

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin dimissus, past participle of dimittere "send away, send different ways; break up, discharge; renounce, abandon," from dis- "apart, away" (see dis-) + mittere "send, let go" (see mission). Prefix altered by analogy with many dis- verbs. Dismit, in the same sense, is attested from late 14c. Related: Dismissed; dismissing.
  • adj sent away
Example sentences :
  • Just you speak to father about it, and get him dismissed from the factory.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • But he had now been dismissed from it, not by academical, but by political agencies.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • You remember what his dismissed bailiff said of him and of his associates.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Mary dismissed Garson presently, and betook herself to her bedroom for a nap.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I am satisfied, and will trouble you no more when these few lines are dismissed.
  • Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
  • She, therefore, wiped away her tears, and dismissed her anxiety.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • As soon as school was dismissed, Mr. Holbrook turned to him.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • Vargrave willingly consented, and dismissed his own servants.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Duncan dismissed this paltry consideration with a princely gesture.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • She seemed to rally at the sight of him; the nurse was dismissed, they were left alone.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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