different between disuse vs dismiss

English

Etymology

From Old French desuser.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s?jus/

Noun

disuse (uncountable)

1. The state of not being used; neglect.

   The garden fell into disuse and became overgrown.

Derived terms

• disused

Translations

Verb

disuse (third-person singular simple present disuses, present participle disusing, simple past and past participle disused)

1. (transitive) To cease the use of.
   • 1790, Edmond Malone, The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare, London: H. Baldwin, Volume I, p. 194, footnote [1]

     Whether in process of time Shakspeare grew weary of the bondage of rhyme, or whether he became convinced of its impropriety in a dramatick dialogue, his neglect of rhyming (for he never wholly disused it) seems to have been gradual.

   • 1792, Cruelty the natural and inseparable Consequence of Slavery, preached March 11, 1792, at Hemel-Hempstead, Herts. By John Liddon, in The Monthly Review, May to August, Volume VIII, p. 238, [2]

     The author does not fail to recommend the practice, adopted, it is said, by many thousands in the kingdom, of disusing the West India produce.

2. (transitive, archaic) To disaccustom.

   He was disused to hard work.

   • 1597, John Donne, "The Calm," lines 39-44, [3]

     Whether a rotten state, and hope of gaine, / Or to disuse mee from the queasie paine / Of being belov'd, and loving, or the thirst / Of honour, or faire death, out pusht mee first, / I lose my end: for here as well as I / A desperate may live, and a coward die.

Anagrams

• issued

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of d?mitt? (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- +? mittere (“to send”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?m?s/
• (UK also) IPA^(key): /d?z?m?s/
• Hyphenation: dis?miss
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

dismiss (third-person singular simple present dismisses, present participle dismissing, simple past and past participle dismissed)

2. (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.

3. (transitive) To order to leave.

4. (transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.

5. (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.

   • “He was here,” observed Drina composedly, “and father was angry with him.” ¶ “What?” exclaimed Eileen. “When?” ¶ “This morning, before father went downtown.” ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina’s case.

6. (transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).

7. (transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out.

8. (transitive, soccer) To give someone a red card; to send off.

Synonyms

• (to end the employment or service of): see Thesaurus:lay off

Coordinate terms

• brush off
• send someone packing
• send someone to the showers

Related terms

• dismissal
• dismissive
• dismission

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