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dismissive
dimission
n.
[L. dimissio. See Dimit, and cf. Dismission.]
Leave to depart; a dismissing. [Obs.] Barrow.
dismiss
(dĭs-mĭs')
tr.v., -missed, -miss·ing, -miss·es.
- To end the employment or service of; discharge.
- To direct or allow to leave: dismissed troops after the inspection; dismissed the student after reprimanding him.
- To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel: dismissed all thoughts of running for office.
- To refuse to accept or recognize; reject: dismissed the claim as highly improbable.
- Law. To put (a claim or action) out of court without further hearing.
- Sports.
- To eject (a player or coach) for the remainder of a game.
- To put out (a batter) in cricket.
[Middle English dismissen, from Medieval Latin dismittere, dismiss-, variant of Latin dīmittere : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + mittere, to send.]
dismissible dis·miss'i·ble adj.dismission dis·mis'sion (-mĭsh'ən) n.
SYNONYMS dismiss, boot, bounce, can, cashier, discharge, drop, fire, sack. These verbs mean to terminate the employment of: was dismissed for insubordination; was booted for being late; afraid of being bounced for union activities; wasn't canned because his uncle owns the business; will be cashiered from the army; resort workers discharged at the end of the season; was dropped for incompetence; was fired unjustly; a reporter sacked for revealing a confidential source. See also synonyms at eject.
[動](他)
1 〈人の集まりを〉解散［散会, 退散］させる；〈人を〉去らせる, 行かせる, 引き取らせる；…に退出を命令［許可, 要請］する
The class is dismissed.
授業はここまで
授業はここまで
You are dismissed.
（軍隊などで）解散！
（軍隊などで）解散！
The suspect was dismissed after questioning.
容疑者は尋問のあと, 放免された.
容疑者は尋問のあと, 放免された.
2 ［III[名]（[副]）］〈人を〉解任［免職, 解雇］する, （職務などから）去らせる((from ...))
dismiss a clerk
事務員を解雇する
事務員を解雇する
dismiss a student from school
学生を放校にする.
学生を放校にする.
3 ［III[名]（[副]）］〈人・考えなどを〉（念頭から）追い出す, 捨てる, 忘れてしまう((from ...))
dismiss one's fear
恐怖心を捨てる
恐怖心を捨てる
I have dismissed her from my thoughts.
彼女のことはすっかり忘れてしまっている.
彼女のことはすっかり忘れてしまっている.
4 〈人を〉はねつける；〈提案・要求などを〉退ける(reject)；〈討議中の問題などを〉簡略に［さっさと］かたづける；［V[名]as[形]［[名]］］〈提案・意見などを〉（…だと）かたづけてしまう
dismiss a plea
懇願を退ける
懇願を退ける
He dismissed the proposal as trivial.
彼はその提案を取るに足らないと退けた.
彼はその提案を取るに足らないと退けた.
5 《法律》〈訴え・申し立て・上訴などを〉却下［棄却］する
Case dismissed.
本件の請求を棄却する（▼原告［検察］の実質敗訴を表す裁判長の言葉）.
本件の請求を棄却する（▼原告［検察］の実質敗訴を表す裁判長の言葉）.
6 《クリケット》〈打者・チームを〉アウトにする.
［中ラテン語 （dis-離れて＋mittere送る＋-ss-）］
seep
intr.v., seeped, seep·ing, seeps.
To pass slowly through small openings or pores; ooze.
To enter, depart, or become diffused gradually.
n.
A spot where water or petroleum trickles out of the ground to form a pool.
Seepage.
[Alteration of dialectal sipe.]
seepage
1. The slow movement of water through a soil.
2. The quantity of water which has slowly moved through a porous material, such as soil.
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