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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•mise /dɪˈmaɪz/USA pronunciation n. [count;
usually singular]- death:the demise of former great stars.
- the ending of something, such as by failure or ruin;
fall;
collapse:the demise of the Roman Empire.
See -mis-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•mise (di mīz′),USA pronunciation n., v., -mised, -mis•ing. n. - death or decease.
- termination of existence or operation:the demise of the empire.
- Law
- a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate.
- a conveyance or transfer of an estate.
- Governmenttransfer of sovereignty, as by the death or deposition of the sovereign.
v.t. - Lawto transfer (an estate or the like) for a limited time;
lease. - Governmentto transfer (sovereignty), as by the death or abdication of the sovereign.
v.i. - Lawto pass by bequest, inheritance, or succession.
- Latin dīmissum (past participle of dīmittere); see demit1, dismiss
- Old French demis (past participle of desmetre)
- late Middle English dimis(s)e, demise 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: demise /dɪˈmaɪz/ n - failure or termination
- a euphemistic or formal word for death
- a transfer of an estate by lease
- the passing or transfer of an estate on the death of the owner
- the immediate transfer of sovereignty to a successor upon the death, abdication, etc, of a ruler (esp in the phrase demise of the crown)
vb - to transfer or be transferred by inheritance, will, or succession
- (transitive) to transfer (an estate, etc) for a limited period; lease
- (transitive) to transfer (sovereignty, a title, etc) by or as if by the death, deposition, etc, of a ruler
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French, feminine of demis dismissed, from demettre to send away, from Latin dīmittere; see dismissdeˈmisable adj |