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Definition of Dismisses
1. dismiss [v] - See also: dismiss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dismisses
Literary usage of Dismisses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"He dismisses his mistress, but obtains another. MEANWHILE my sins were being
multiplied, and my mistress being torn from my side as a hindrance to my ..."
2. History of the German Struggle for Liberty by Poultney Bigelow (1905)
"LUDWIG MEETS LOLA AND dismisses THE JESUIT MINISTRY Ludwig's feminine tastes—His
relations with Lola Montez believed to be Platonic—Lola arrives in ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... or slurred over by Mill, the historian of the period; while Mr. Marshman, the
most recent author on Indian history, dismisses it in three lines. ..."
4. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England from by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"... not have been privy to the composition of such a production as this : — CHAP.
CLXXIV. AD 1801. The King refuses to consent, and dismisses Mr. Pitt. ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"If Schwenckfeld not only dismisses from the very words of institution all manner
of reference to any intimate, real connection of the elements with Christ's ..."
6. Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1899)
"... Entertained at Forrest's Headquarters—Forrest dismisses One of His Best Officers
for Immoral Conduct—His Work among the Wounded with His Chief ..."
7. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1831)
"... and dismisses his Ministers, but his proceedings are disregarded—The Deputies
name the Duke of Orleans Lieutenant General of the Kingdom—The King and ..."
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