discharge
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Etymology [edit]
From Anglo-Norman descharger, from Old French deschargier, from Late Latin discarricō.
Pronunciation [edit]
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Verb [edit]
discharge (third-person singular simple present discharges, present participle discharging, simple past and past participle discharged)
- To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 1
- O most dear mistress, / The sun will set before I shall discharge / What I must strive to do.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 1
- To expel or let go.
- (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
- (medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
- (military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
- To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- I ran forward, discharging my pistol into the creature's body in an effort to force it to relinquish its prey; but I might as profitably have shot at the sun.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
- To unload a ship or another means of transport.
Translations [edit]
to accomplish or complete, as an obligation
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to expel or let go
(electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge
(medicinedischarge) to release (an inpatient) from hospital
(military) to release (a member of the armed forces) from service
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to operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling)
unload
Noun [edit]
discharge (countable and uncountable; plural discharges)
- (medicine) (uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology
- the act of accomplishing (an obligation); performance
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 1
- Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come / In yours and my discharge.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 1
- the act of expelling or letting go
- (electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge
- (medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital
- (military) the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service
- (hydrology) the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second)
Translations [edit]
pus or exudate from a wound or orifice
act of accomplishing (an obligation)
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act of expelling or letting go
act of releasing an accumulated charge
act of releasing an inpatient from hospital
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act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service
volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time
