Middle English Dictionary Entry
dismitten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dismitten v. Also desmitten, dismetten. |
| Etymology | From L dīmittere, with substitution of dis- for dī-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To send (sb.) away; let go, dismiss, release; (b) to divest (sb. of sth.); (c) to relinquish (sth.); ~ fro; (d) to forgive (an offense), pardon; (e) to abandon (sb. in a place), leave, allow to remain.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Mac.10.43 : Who euer shuln flee to the temple..gylty to the kyng, in eche cause be dismittid or relesid [L dimittantur].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 17.10 : By nyȝte bretheren dismittiden [vr. senten; WB(2): leten go; L dimiserunt] Poul and Silas in to Beroan.
- (a1443) Proc.Chanc.in Cal.PCEliz.1.p.xxxviii : My lorde of Rouchester hath dysmyttyd hym to the chiefe Justice.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)29b : Soudiours þe whiche hauiþ fulfilled her termes and by witnesse and leue of here souereynes ben desmitted, and hauiþ leue to goon whider þey wolleþ.
b
- c1390 Þe wyse mon in (Vrn)214 : As longe as þou mayȝt holde in honde, Dismette [F demettez] þe nouȝt of þi londe.
- (1394) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.3256 : By that refeffement were we alle forsaid confeffes of all our astat, riht, and posession..fullich dismettid.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)450 : To hym relesyd he hath his hertly glorye, Hym silf dismyttid of his inward ioye.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)23/15 : Than was he dysmittid of his grete labour.
- a1500(a1450) Parton.(1) (Add 35288)11695 : Gaudyn and Anpatrise Haue dismytted hem clene of þe prise.
c
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)158 : Offara celi we spoke be fore..and told who it was sumtyme octauian chaumbir, whech he dismitted fro him and halowid it on to god.
d
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.48 : First remitte wronge of God, þat is propred unto God, or ellis dismitte wronge of his broþer in þat þat it is made aȝens him.
e
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Jer.27.11 : The folk that makith suget her nol vndur the ȝok of the kyng of Babiloyne..Y schal dismytte [WB(1): leuen; L dimittam] it in his lond.