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Cahiered

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cashier \Cash*ier"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cahiered}; p. pr. &vb.
   n. {Cashiering}.] [Earlier cash, fr. F. casser to break,
   annul, cashier, fr. L. cassare, equiv. to cassum reddere, to
   annul; cf. G. cassiren. Cf. {Quash} to annul, {Cass}.]
   1. To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with
      ignominy from military service or from an office or place
      of trust.

            They have cashiered several of their followers.
                                                  --Addison.

            He had insolence to cashier the captain of the lord
            lieutenant's own body guard.          --Macaulay.

   2. To put away or reject; to disregard. [R.]

            Connections formed for interest, and endeared

            By selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered.
                                                  --Cowper.

            They absolutely cashier the literal express sense of
            the words.                            --Sowth.
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