Middle English Dictionary Entry
dī̆mīsen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dī̆mīsen v. |
| Etymology | From L dīmiss-us, ppl. of dīmittere v.; sense 1. from dī̆mīse n., from the same source. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. dismissen v., which overlaps this word in meaning and shares an ultimate etymology.
1.
To transfer (property to sb.).
Associated quotations
- (1447) RParl.5.129b : John Brokley..by his Testament dimised to the saide Katerine all the stuff of his Houshold, Halle, Chambre and Kychyn.
2.
(a) To release (sb. from court restraint, confinement, or legal charges); ~ out of court; to free (sb. from sin); (b) to dismiss (participants) at the close of an assembly or convocation, send home.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1450) Contract in OSSLH 4204 : That y may be demyssed owte of court.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)3.904 (v.1:p.42) : Yf we wil ben .. baptised In spirite and watir, fully dimysed Of al our synnes we shul so be That of heven to vs shal ben open entre.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)293/642 : I dymysse þe, and ȝeve þe lycens to go fre.
b
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)98.76 (v.2:p.123) : The chapitre was endyd and al doon, and euery dimised and sent hoom to his dwellyng place.