[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

discharge \discharge"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. discharged; p.
   pr.  vb. n. discharging. oe. deschargen, dischargen, of.
   deschargier, f. d'echarger; pref. des- l. dis + chargier,
   f. charger. see charge.
   1. to relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a
      load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a
      vessel.
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   2. to free of the missile with which anything is charged or
      loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow,
      catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire
      off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of
      tension, as a leyden jar.
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            the galleys also did oftentimes, out of their prows,
            discharge their great pieces against the city.
                                                  --knolles.
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            feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect
            muscular actions.                     --h. spencer.
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   3. to of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a
      debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.;
      to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
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            discharged of business, void of strife. --dryden.
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            in one man's fault discharge another man of his
            duty.                                 --l'estrange.
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   4. to relieve of an office or employment; to send away from
      service; to dismiss.
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            discharge the common sort
            with pay and thanks.                  --shak.
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            grindal . . . was discharged the government of his
            see.                                  --milton.
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   5. to release legally from confinement; to set at liberty;
      as, to discharge a prisoner.
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   6. to put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take
      out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as,
      to discharge a cargo.
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   7. to let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
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            they do discharge their shot of courtesy. --shak.
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   8. to set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
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            we say such an order was "discharged on appeal."
                                                  --mozley  w.
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            the order for daly's attendance was discharged.
                                                  --macaulay.
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   9. to throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to
      relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions,
      performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or
      execute, as an office, or part.
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            had i a hundred tongues, a wit so large
            as could their hundred offices discharge. --dryden.
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   10. to send away a creditor satisfied by payment; to pay
       one's debt or obligation to. obs.
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             if he had
             the present money to discharge the jew. --shak.
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   11. to give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges
       water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as,
       to discharge a horrible oath.
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   12. to prohibit; to forbid. scot. obs. --sir w. scott.
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   13. textile dyeing  printing to bleach out or to remove or
       efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the
       color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures
       on a dark ground.
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   discharging arch arch., an arch over a door, window, or
      other opening, to distribute the pressure of the wall
      above. see illust. of lintel.

   discharging piece, discharging strut arch., a piece set
      to carry thrust or weight to a solid point of support.

   discharging rod elec., a bent wire, with knobs at both
      ends, and insulated by a glass handle. it is employed for
      discharging a leyden jar or an electrical battery. see
      discharger.

   syn: see deliver.
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see also:
discharged discharging charge discharging arch lintel discharging piece 
discharging strut discharging rod discharger deliver 

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