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
Neither will Barbaroux demit; he "has sworn to die at his post, and will keep that oath."
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
But no man is entitled to a demit, unless at the time of demanding it he be in good standing and free from all charges.
From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.
A few Grand Lodges have denied the right of a Mason permanently to demit from the Order.
From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.
The right to demit or resign never has, until within a few years, been denied.
From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.
We don't seem yet to have demitted our privilege of talking after service.
From Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)
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 Bacon, Leonard Woolsey
The Experiment of a Cone, demitted with its Base, and after with its Point downwards.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galilei, Galileo
If her Grace had willingly demitted the same, as her Highness did not, her Highness could not have nominated the said Earl of Murray Regent, for there were others to have been preferred to him.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
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 Carlyle, Thomas
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