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

  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.
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              They have cashiered several of their followers.
                                                    --Addison.
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              He had insolence to cashier the captain of the lord
              lieutenant's own body guard.          --Macaulay.
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     2. To put away or reject; to disregard. [R.]
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              Connections formed for interest, and endeared
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              By selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered.
                                                    --Cowper.
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              They absolutely cashier the literal express sense of
              the words.                            --Sowth.
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