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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•mit1 (di mit′),USA pronunciation v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting, n. v.t. - to resign (a job, public office, etc.);
relinquish. - [Archaic.]to dismiss;
fire.
v.i. - to resign.
n. - Also, dimit. (esp. in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Latin dēmittere to demit2 (but also with some senses of Latin dīmittere send away, dismiss, equivalent. to dī- di-2 + mittere to send)
- Middle French demettre, Old French demetre
- 1520–30
- to put in or send to a lower place.
- [Obs.]to lower in status, rank, or esteem;
humble.
- Latin dēmittere to let fall, send down, equivalent. to dē- de- + mittere to send
- 1550–60
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