Disme
(||Disme) n. [OF. See Dime.] A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe. Ayliffe.
Dismember
(Dis*mem"ber) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismembered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismembering.] [OF.
desmembrer, F. démembrer; pref. des- (L. dis) + OF. & F. membre limb. See Member.]
1. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break
up.
Fowls obscene dismembered his remains.
Pope.
A society lacerated and dismembered.
Gladstone.
By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire.
Buckle. 2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.]
They were dismembered by vote of the house.
R. North. Syn. — To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever.
Dismemberment
(Dis*mem"ber*ment) n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. démembrement.] The act of
dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; mtilation; division; separation.
The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they
formed the head.
Macaulay. Dismettled
(Dis*met"tled) a. Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit. [R.] Llewellyn.
Dismiss
(Dis*miss") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismissed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismissing.] [L. dis- + missus,
p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. démettre. See Demise, and cf. Dimit.]
1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
He dismissed the assembly.
Acts xix. 41.
Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock.
Cowper.
Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs.
Dryden. 2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his
ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
Dismiss
(Dis*miss"), n. Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
Dismissal
(Dis*miss"al) n. Dismission; discharge.
Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal.
Motley. Dismission
(Dis*mis"sion) n. [Cf. L. dimissio.]
1. The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission
of the grand jury.
2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace.
