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discharge vb. (‘dismiss, disband’ and 4 are the most freq. meanings)
1. to unburden, disburden, deliver, free Ado V. i. 335, 2H4 II. iv. 145, Rom. V. i. 63 “d-'d of breath.”
2. fig. of letting off cannon H8 I. ii. 206 “ a horrible oath,” Lucr. 1605 “ one word of woe.”
3. to pay, settle with (a creditor) Err. IV. i. 32, Mer.V. III. ii. 274, Tim. II. ii. 12.
4. to perform MND. I. ii. 96, IV. ii. 8, Cor. III. ii. 106.
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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