demit
1 Americanverb (used with object)
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to resign (a job, public office, etc.); relinquish.
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Archaic. to dismiss; fire.
verb (used without object)
noun
verb (used with object)
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to put in or send to a lower place.
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Obsolete. to lower in status, rank, or esteem; humble.
verb
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to resign (an office, position, etc)
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(tr) to dismiss
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
FAUCHET, Abbe, at siege of Bastille, his Te-Deums, his harangue on Franklin, his Cercle Social, in First Parliament, motion by, doffs his insignia, King's death, lamentation, will demit, trial of.
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
Isnard, repentant of that search on which river-bank Paris stood, declares himself ready to demit.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
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
There may be Cones and Piramides of any Matter, which demitted into the water, rest only their Bases.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei
The Experiment of a Cone, demitted with its Base, and after with its Point downwards.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei
Mr. Gladstone demitted office, and then it behoved the students of the University to cast about for a worthy successor.
From On the Choice of Books by Thomas Carlyle
A Piramide or Cone, demitted with the Point downwards shal swim, with its Base downward shall sink.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei
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