单词 | discommission |
释义 | † discommissionv. Obsolete (rare in later use). transitive. To deprive (a person) of a commission. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] > deprive of a commission or trust discommission1622 disentrust1648 1622 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1849) (modernized text) II. 287 All justices are like to be discommissioned shortly, and a new choice made. 1637 W. Laud Let. 15 Sept. in Wks. (1853) V. 184 I shall..proceed to discommission your printer, and suppress his press. 1659 J. Milton Let. Rupture Commonw. in Wks. (1698) II. 779 For discommissioning nine great Officers in the Army. 1860 A. Bell Hist. Canada III. xvi. ii. 341 Several magistrates and militia officers discommissioned. 1892 ‘Aldémah’ Queens iv. i. 153 He will be in danger of being discommissioned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1622 |
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