n. [ Cf. F. admissibilité. ] The quality of being admissible; admissibleness; as, the admissibility of evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. admissible, LL. admissibilis. See Admit. ] Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible. -- Ad*mis"si*ble*ness, n. -- Ad*mis"si*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See Admit. ] 1. The act or practice of admitting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance; access; power to approach. [ 1913 Webster ]

What numbers groan for sad admission there! Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something &unr_;serted; acknowledgment; concession. [ 1913 Webster ]

The too easy admission of doctrines. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Eng. Eccl. Law) Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Admittance; concession; acknowledgment; concurrence; allowance. See Admittance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Implying an admission; tending to admit. [ R. ] Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to admission. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + miss. ] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. [ 1913 Webster ]

What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at; to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. [ Used only in the predicate. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in himself or his circumstances. Wollaston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fault, wrong, or mistake. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Cf. F. amissibilité. See Amit. ] The quality of being amissible; possibility of being lost. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Notions of popular rights and the amissibility of sovereign power for misconduct were alternately broached by the two great religious parties of Europe. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amissibilis: cf. F. amissible. ] Liable to be lost. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amissio: cf. F. amission. ] Deprivation; loss. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rocket-propelled missile of long range which is guided only during the powered portion of its flight, which usually takes only a small part of the total flight time; -- contrasted with guided missile. Ballistic missiles are sometimes referred to by their range, such as an
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or an
intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM). [ PJC ]

n. [ L. cimex, -icis, a bug. ] (Zool.) The bedbug. [ Obs. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

. In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members, not more than two of whom may be adherents of the same party, which has the control, through examinations, of appointments and promotions in the classified civil service. It was created by act of Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to a commissary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. commissariat. ] (Mil.) (a) The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries. (b) The body of officers charged with such service. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Commissaries [ LL. commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See Commit. ] 1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) (a) An officer having charge of a special service; as, the commissary of musters. (b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Washington wrote to the President of Congress . . . urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artillery. W. Irving [ 1913 Webster ]

Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special department of army service; as: (a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and transport department, or of the ordnance store department. [ Eng. ] (b) The commissary general of subsistence. [ U. S. ] --
Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase and issue of provisions for the army. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or employment of a commissary. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. commissio. See Commit. ] 1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let him see our commission. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission. [ 1913 Webster ]

A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Com.) (a) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another. (b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city. (c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array. --
Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and empowering certain persons to examine into the facts relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors. --
Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry whether a person is a lunatic or not. --
Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per cent as his compensation. --
Commission officer or
Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one who has a commission, in distinction from a noncommissioned or warrant officer. --
Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal, constituting one or more persons justices of the peace. [ Eng. ] --
on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a commision a portion of the sales that one makes. --
out of commission, not operating properly; out of order. --
To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a government vessel, and send it out on service after it has been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc. --
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the officers and crew and retire it from active service, temporarily or permanently. --
To put the great seal into commission or
To put the Treasury into commission, to place it in the hands of a commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary administration, as between the going out of one lord keeper and the accession of another. [ Eng. ] --
The United States Christian Commission, an organization among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and performed services of a religious character in the field and in hospitals. --
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and supplement the medical department of the Union armies during the Civil War.

Syn. -- Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust; employment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Commissioned p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning. ] 1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To send out with a charge or commission. [ 1913 Webster ]

A chosen band
He first commissions to the Latian land. Dryden.

Syn. -- To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate; constitute; ordain.

n. [ F. commissionnaire. Cf. Commissioner. ] 1. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the like. The commissionaire familiar to European travelers performs miscellaneous services as a light porter, messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. One of a corps of pensioned soldiers, as in London, employed as doorkeepers, messengers, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a uniformed doorman. [ British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ a. Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by a commission or warrant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Delegate or commissionary authority. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To commission [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Mil.) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above; -- of military officers. Contrasts with noncommissioned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. given official approval to act; as, commissioned broker.
Syn. -- accredited, licensed, licenced. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. created according to an order; as, a commissioned painting. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims. [ 1913 Webster ]

To another address which requested that a commission might be sent to examine into the state of things in Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and desired the Commons to name the commissioners. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service. [ 1913 Webster ]

Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are subordinates of the secretary of the interior. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc., for use in the State by which he is appointed. [ U. S. ] --
County commissioners, certain administrative officers in some of the States, invested by local laws with various powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial matters, etc., of the county. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. L. commissio. ] 1. An agent or factor; a commission merchant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of commissioner. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to commission; of the nature of, or involving, commission. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a commissure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. commissura a joining together: cf. F. commissure. See Commit. ] 1. A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat. & Zool.) (a) The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc. (b) A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to compromise. [ R. ] Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. demissus, p. p. of demittere. ] Cast down; humble; submissive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He down descended like a most demiss
And abject thrall. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. demissio, fr. demittere. See Demit. ] 1. The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection. “Demission of mind.” Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Demission of sovereign authority. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resignation of an office. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to transfer or conveyance; as, a demissionary deed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tending to lower, depress, or degrade. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Demiss. ] Downcast; submissive; humble. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They pray with demissive eyelids. Lord (1630). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a humble manner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dimissio. See Dimit, and cf. Dismission. ] Leave to depart; a dismissing. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dimissorius: cf. F. dimissoire. See Dimit. ] Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting leave to depart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Letters dimissory (Eccl.), letters given by a bishop dismissing a person who is removing into another diocese, and recommending him for reception there. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of a commission or trust. [ R. ] Laud. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dismission. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dismissed p. pr. & vb. n. Dismissing. ] [ L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. démettre. See Demise, and cf. Dimit. ] 1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. [ 1913 Webster ]

He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dismission; discharge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. subject to dismissal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. L. dimissio. ] 1. The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giving dismission. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Emissaries [ L. emissarius, fr. emittere, emissum, to send out: cf. F. émissaire. See Emit. ] An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Buzzing emissaries fill the ears
Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears. Dryden.

Syn. -- Emissary, Spy. A spy is one who enters an enemy's camp or territories to learn the condition of the enemy; an emissary may be a secret agent appointed not only to detect the schemes of an opposing party, but to influence their councils. A spy must be concealed, or he suffers death; an emissary may in some cases be known as the agent of an adversary without incurring similar hazard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Exploring; spying. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an emissary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. emissio: cf. F. émission. See Emit. ] 1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emissitius, fr. emittere. ] Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [ Obs. ] “Those emissitious eyes.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]