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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
A warrant issued for someone to be taken into custody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: archaic outside the US
Topics: law
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noun
A writ for moving records from one court to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A formal dismissal from a situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Latin mittimus (the opening word of such a document), first-person plural of mittō (“send”).
