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cahiered

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.