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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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    1. I. To let go:
      1. 1. dīmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (esp. of a number of persons; in different directions): to d. (persons) from a council, ex concilio d., Caes.: to d. a council, concilium d., Cic.: to d. the senate, senatum d., Cic.: v. TO (LET) GO.
      2. 2. missum făcio, 3: to d. soldiers, milites missos f., Hirt.: Suet. (v. discharge): to. d. anger, iram missam facere, Ter.
      3. 3. āmando, 1 (to send away on some business, send out of the way): Cic.: v. to send away, OUT OF THE WAY.
      4. 4. ablēgo, 1 (to send away, esp. in order to get rid of): to d. honest men from the council-board, honestos homines ab., a consīlioque dimittere, Cic.: he d.'d the lads to hunt, pueros venatum ablegavit, Liv.
      5. 5. mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (esp. from the mind): to d. care from the breast, curam de pectore m., Virg.: to d. and terminate hatred, odium m. atque finire, Liv.
    2. II. To divest of an office:
      1. 1. mŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 3 (with loco or some such word): he d.'d the chancellor, *cancellarium loco (ministerio) suo movit (cf. Liv. 39, 42: senatorio loco movere): Cic.
      2. 2. submŏveo, 2: to d. from the ministry, administratione reipublicae s., Suet.
      3. 3. āmŏveo, 2: to d. from the superintendence of the corn-market, am. a procuratione frumentaria, Cic.: Suet.
      4. 4. missum făcio, 3 (of soldiers, gladiators): v. supr. (2). See also to depose.
    3. III. Of a judge; to d. a case, i. e. refuse to entertain it:
      1. 1. solvo, vi, ūtum, 3: thus Hor. has solventur risu tabulae, tu missus abibis, S. 2, 1, fin.: "the case will be d.'d with laughter; you will get off scot-free": cf. Quint. 5, 10, 67, "cum risu tota res solvitur."
      2. 2. exclūdo, si, sum, 3 (to debar [a suitor] from further procedure on any ground): cf. Cic. Or. 1, 37, 168. Sometimes the sense may be conveyed by causâ cadere: v. NON-SUITED (TO BE).