'Cashiering' definitions:

Definition of 'Cashiering'

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  • Cashier \Cash*ier"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cashiered; 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. [1913 Webster]
  • They have cashiered several of their followers. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • He had insolence to cashier the captain of the lord lieutenant's own body guard. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To put away or reject; to disregard. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Connections formed for interest, and endeared [1913 Webster]
  • By selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • They absolutely cashier the literal express sense of the words. --Sowth. [1913 Webster]

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