† dimitv.

Etymology: In Branch I., < Latin dīmittĕre to send apart, away, or forth, to dismiss, release, put away, let go, lay down (office), renounce, forsake, < dī- , dis- asunder + mittĕre to send, let go. A doublet (more etymologically formed) of dismit v., dismiss v.: compare also demit v.², and dimiss v., demise v. In Branch II., a variant of demit v.¹

Obsolete.

I. Senses relating to sending away.

1. transitive. To send away, let go, dismiss: = demit v.² 1.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss

congeec1330

turnc1330

putc1350

dismitc1384

refusea1387

repel?a1439

avyec1440

avoida1464

depart1484

license1484

to give (a person) his (also her, etc.) leave?a1513

demit1529

dispatcha1533

senda1533

to send a grazing1533

demise1541

dimiss1543

abandon1548

dimit1548

discharge1548

dismiss1548

to turn off1564

aband1574

quit1575

hencea1586

cashier1592

to turn away1602

disband1604

amand1611

absquatulize1829

chassé1847

to send to the pack1912

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts v. f. 26 So were they contented upon this punishement to dimitte them.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 498/1 Thus, Fryth..was freely dymitted out of the stockes, and sette at lybertie.

a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) ii. 50 The Pope..did..dimit the Scottish Commissioners..with great promises of favour.

2. To lay aside, give up, resign, abdicate: = demit v.² 3.

ΘΠ

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate (office) [verb (transitive)]

to leave up1422

depone1533

surcease1552

dimit1563

demit1567

abdicate1570

to lay downa1715

vacate1850

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > resign (an office or position)

resigna1387

to leave up1422

depone1533

surcease1552

dimit1563

demit1567

to lay downa1715

ankle1936

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 93 Salamon..commanding ws naways to dimit the law of our mother, quhilk is the Kirk.

1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 40 That these who haue pluralitie of benefices be compelled to dimitt all except one.

1678 Spanish Hist. ii. 141 It behoved him instantly to dimit his charge of Inquisitour General.

3. To convey by lease, demise: = demit v.² 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > transfer by will or lease

demise1480

dimit1495

demit1774

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 9 That noe persone..haue auctorite..to dymytte or lette to ferme..any londes or tenementis within the lordship.

1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 39 Power and auctoritie..to couenant dimit let or set to ferme..any of the landes.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 122 He may dimitt the land destroied and not inhabite, vntill he be of power to big it againe.

4. intransitive. Of a river: To empty itself, debouch.

ΘΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)] > disembogue

fallOE

disbogue1589

empty1591

to have one's forth1597

disembogue1598

mouth1598

dimit16..

dischannel1607

ingurgitate1632

discharge1816

debouch1834

erupt1864

gurgitate1907

16.. in Fountainhall's Decisions in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) 293 The public river of Tweed..which dimits in the sea.

II. Senses relating to sending down.

a. transitive. To send, put, or let down, cause to descend, lower: = demit v.¹ 1.

ΘΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)]

besench971

avalec1314

sinka1325

lighta1400

to get downa1450

abasec1450

descenda1475

base1489

fall1595

slopea1616

dimit1628

demit1646

send1657

down1852

dip1879

1628 O. Felltham Resolves (new ed.) 211 Like the night,..dimitting [1628 (previous edition) admitting; later eds. demitting] vnwholsome vapours, vpon all that rest beneath.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 343 When Apollo dimits his perpendicular rayes.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xiii. 253 To teach horses to incline, dimit, and bow downe their bodies.

1671 J. Webster Metallographia iv. 75 Doth dimit it down into the centre of the Earth.

b. figurative. To abase, let down: = demit v.¹ 2.

ΘΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)]

anitherOE

fellOE

lowc1175

to lay lowc1225

to set adownc1275

snuba1340

meekc1350

depose1377

aneantizea1382

to bring lowa1387

declinea1400

meekenc1400

to pull downc1425

avalec1430

to-gradea1440

to put downc1440

humble1484

alow1494

deject?1521

depress1526

plucka1529

to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533

to bring down1535

to bring basec1540

adbass1548

diminish1560

afflict1561

to take down1562

to throw down1567

debase1569

embase1571

diminute1575

to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576

exinanite1577

to take (a person) a peg lower1589

to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589

disbasea1592

to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592

comb-cut1593

unpuff1598

atterr1605

dismount1608

annihilate1610

crest-fall1611

demit1611

pulla1616

avilea1617

to put a scorn on, upon1633

mortify1639

dimit1658

to put a person's pipe out1720

to let down1747

to set down1753

humiliate1757

to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789

start1821

squabash1822

to wipe a person's eye1823

to crop the feathers of1827

embarrass1839

to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864

to sit upon ——1864

squelch1864

to cut out of all feather1865

to sit on ——1868

to turn down1870

to score off1882

to do (a person) in the eye1891

puncture1908

to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908

to cut down to size1927

flatten1932

to slap (a person) down1938

punk1963

1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 502 He was a man of a rare humble spirit, that..could so dimit & humble himself in his addresse to Christ.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	dimit
释义	† dimitv. Etymology: In Branch I., < Latin dīmittĕre to send apart, away, or forth, to dismiss, release, put away, let go, lay down (office), renounce, forsake, < dī- , dis- asunder + mittĕre to send, let go. A doublet (more etymologically formed) of dismit v., dismiss v.: compare also demit v.², and dimiss v., demise v. In Branch II., a variant of demit v.¹ Obsolete. I. Senses relating to sending away. 1. transitive. To send away, let go, dismiss: = demit v.² 1. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss congeec1330 turnc1330 putc1350 dismitc1384 refusea1387 repel?a1439 avyec1440 avoida1464 depart1484 license1484 to give (a person) his (also her, etc.) leave?a1513 demit1529 dispatcha1533 senda1533 to send a grazing1533 demise1541 dimiss1543 abandon1548 dimit1548 discharge1548 dismiss1548 to turn off1564 aband1574 quit1575 hencea1586 cashier1592 to turn away1602 disband1604 amand1611 absquatulize1829 chassé1847 to send to the pack1912 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts v. f. 26 So were they contented upon this punishement to dimitte them. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 498/1 Thus, Fryth..was freely dymitted out of the stockes, and sette at lybertie. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) ii. 50 The Pope..did..dimit the Scottish Commissioners..with great promises of favour. 2. To lay aside, give up, resign, abdicate: = demit v.² 3. ΘΠ society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate (office) [verb (transitive)] to leave up1422 depone1533 surcease1552 dimit1563 demit1567 abdicate1570 to lay downa1715 vacate1850 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > resign (an office or position) resigna1387 to leave up1422 depone1533 surcease1552 dimit1563 demit1567 to lay downa1715 ankle1936 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 93 Salamon..commanding ws naways to dimit the law of our mother, quhilk is the Kirk. 1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 40 That these who haue pluralitie of benefices be compelled to dimitt all except one. 1678 Spanish Hist. ii. 141 It behoved him instantly to dimit his charge of Inquisitour General. 3. To convey by lease, demise: = demit v.² 4. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > transfer by will or lease demise1480 dimit1495 demit1774 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 9 That noe persone..haue auctorite..to dymytte or lette to ferme..any londes or tenementis within the lordship. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 39 Power and auctoritie..to couenant dimit let or set to ferme..any of the landes. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 122 He may dimitt the land destroied and not inhabite, vntill he be of power to big it againe. 4. intransitive. Of a river: To empty itself, debouch. ΘΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > action of river > flow (of river) [verb (intransitive)] > disembogue fallOE disbogue1589 empty1591 to have one's forth1597 disembogue1598 mouth1598 dimit16.. dischannel1607 ingurgitate1632 discharge1816 debouch1834 erupt1864 gurgitate1907 16.. in Fountainhall's Decisions in M. P. Brown Suppl. Dict. Decisions Court of Session (1826) 293 The public river of Tweed..which dimits in the sea. II. Senses relating to sending down. 5. a. transitive. To send, put, or let down, cause to descend, lower: = demit v.¹ 1. ΘΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] besench971 avalec1314 sinka1325 lighta1400 to get downa1450 abasec1450 descenda1475 base1489 fall1595 slopea1616 dimit1628 demit1646 send1657 down1852 dip1879 1628 O. Felltham Resolves (new ed.) 211 Like the night,..dimitting [1628 (previous edition) admitting; later eds. demitting] vnwholsome vapours, vpon all that rest beneath. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 343 When Apollo dimits his perpendicular rayes. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xiii. 253 To teach horses to incline, dimit, and bow downe their bodies. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Webster Metallographia iv. 75 Doth dimit it down into the centre of the Earth. b. figurative. To abase, let down: = demit v.¹ 2. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 1658 W. 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