démettre

French

Etymology

From dé- + mettre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.mɛtʁ/
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Verb

démettre

  1. (transitive) to dismiss, discharge (from a post)
  2. (transitive, law) to nonsuit (dismiss on the grounds of a lawsuit being brought without cause)
  3. (transitive or reflexive) to dislocate (a bone)
  4. (reflexive) to relinquish, leave (a position or post)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like mettre. That means it is conjugated like battre except that its past participle is démis, not *démettu, and its past historic and imperfect subjunctive are formed with démi-, not *démetti-.

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