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Cahiered

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.