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demise
[ dih-mahyz ]
noun
- death or decease.
- termination of existence or operation:
the demise of the empire.
- Law.
- a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate.
- a conveyance or transfer of an estate.
- Government. transfer of sovereignty, as by the death or deposition of the sovereign.
verb (used with object)
- Law. to transfer (an estate or the like) for a limited time; lease.
- Government. to transfer (sovereignty), as by the death or abdication of the sovereign.
verb (used without object)
- Law. to pass by bequest, inheritance, or succession.
demise
/ dɪˈmaɪz /
noun
- failure or termination
the demise of one's hopes
- a euphemistic or formal word for death
- property law
- a transfer of an estate by lease
- the passing or transfer of an estate on the death of the owner
- the immediate transfer of sovereignty to a successor upon the death, abdication, etc, of a ruler (esp in the phrase demise of the crown )
verb
- to transfer or be transferred by inheritance, will, or succession
- tr property law to transfer (an estate, etc) for a limited period; lease
- tr to transfer (sovereignty, a title, etc) by or as if by the death, deposition, etc, of a ruler
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Derived Forms
- deˈmisable, adjective
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Other Words From
- de·misa·bili·ty noun
- de·misa·ble adjective
- nonde·mise noun
- unde·mised adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of demise1
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Example Sentences
Such statements are rare, as the Guards routinely avoid going public with news about the demise of one of their commanders.
Were they innocent victims or did they conduct themselves in a manner that would naturally lead to their demise?
It was sad that my first visit to Court Green, which Sylvia had described so enthusiastically, should be after her demise.
In the film, Turner begins to think about how his work will be seen after his demise.
Ok, so the threatened demise of a social media presence might be a bit of a stretch, but you get the point.
At his demise, he was succeeded by Philip A. Bell, who continues to keep one of the leading offices in the city.
The bill did not proceed beyond this stage of its progress, in consequence of the demise of the crown.
These events were supposed to foreshadow the speedy demise of the Peel administration.
His father lamented her demise for about a year, and then married again, several children being the result of this second union.
Egerton advised him that the demise was disadvantageous, but that it might be hard to terminate it without Browne's concurrence.
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