| 单词 | demise |
| 释义 | Word Frequency demise(dɪˈmaɪz) noun 1. failure or termination the demise of one's hopes 2. a euphemistic or formal word for death 3. property law a. a transfer of an estate by lease b. the passing or transfer of an estate on the death of the owner 4. 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 5. to transfer or be transferred by inheritance, will, or succession 6. (transitive) property law to transfer (an estate, etc) for a limited period; lease 7. (transitive) to transfer (sovereignty, a title, etc) by or as if by the death, deposition, etc, of a ruler Derived forms demisable (deˈmisable) adjective Word origin C16: from Old French, feminine of demis dismissed, from demettre to send away, from Latin dīmittere; see dismiss |
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