demit

¹ American  

[dih-mit] / dɪˈmɪt /

verb (used with object)

demitted, demitting

1. to resign (a job, public office, etc.); relinquish.

2. Archaic. to dismiss; fire.

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verb (used without object)

demitted, demitting

1. to resign.

noun

1. Also dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.

demit ² American  

[dih-mit] / dɪˈmɪt /

verb (used with object)

demitted, demitting

1. to put in or send to a lower place.

2. Obsolete. to lower in status, rank, or esteem; humble.

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demit British  

/ dɪˈmɪt /

verb

1. to resign (an office, position, etc)

2. (tr) to dismiss

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Etymology

Origin of demit¹

1520–30; < Middle French demettre, Old French demetre < Latin dēmittere to demit ² (but also with some senses of Latin dīmittere send away, dismiss, equivalent to dī- di- ² + mittere to send)

Origin of demit²

1550–60; < Latin dēmittere to let fall, send down, equivalent to dē- de- + mittere to send

Example Sentences

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Only last October did he formally demit the Presbyterian ministry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yas suh, dey had to have a demit to go any place outside work hours.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration

Neither will Barbaroux demit; he "has sworn to die at his post, and will keep that oath."

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

To demit from a lodge is to resign one's membership, on which occasion a certificate of good standing and a release from all dues is given to the applicant, which is technically called a demit.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey

An authority pregnant to predetermine continental issues for unnumbered years to come, however dread its weight, and however frail and faint his mortal strength, he may not demit.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee

Bishop Provoost of New York, after fourteen years of service, demitted his functions in 1801, discouraged about the continuance of the church.

From A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon

To the public, however, it seemed doubtful whether the Conservatives would be in power when the Indian Viceroyalty actually demitted; and, as a matter of fact, they had resigned before that event took place.

From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by William Wilson Hunter

I am particularly at leisure, having demitted all care of the farm to Mr. Charles, and committed all the income thereof to him, down to the smallest hen's-egg.

From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Mary Elizabeth Dewey

We don't seem yet to have demitted our privilege of talking after service.

From Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

There may be Cones and Piramides of any Matter, which demitted with the Point downwards do float atop.

From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei