disemploy

[dis-em-ploi]

verb (used with object)

1. to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.

Other Word Forms

• disemployment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disemploy¹

First recorded in 1610–20; dis- ¹ + employ

Example Sentences

Disemploy, dis-em-ploi′, v.t. to relieve of employment.—adj.

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