Definitions

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  • verb obsolete, transitive To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away.

Etymologies

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French casser, Late Latin cassare, from Latin cassus ("empty, hollow"), and perhaps influenced by Latin quassare ("to shake, shatter").

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  • Funny that there’s a Wiktionary entry that says this is “obsolete,” but nothing from the Century, etc.

    August 21, 2019