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

Similarly, Angela Demit, the chief of the White River First Nation, called the Bakers “privileged multimillionaires.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2021

The community was given priority to receive vaccine because of its remoteness, an elderly population and limited access to health care, White River Chief Angela Demit said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 27, 2021

“Oh, the old modus / Out to be leading live,” goes one typically cryptic line in “00000 Million,” “Said comes the old ponens / Demit to strive.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2016

Pinch-runner Jordan Schafer was caught stealing before Cashel struck out André ton Simmons and pinch-hitter Ryan Demit.

From Washington Times • Jul. 22, 2014

Demit, de-mit′, v.t. to dismiss: to relinquish: to resign.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various