demise /di-mīzˈ/

1. A transferring by lease
2. Death (euphemistic or formal), as of a sovereign or a distinguished person
3. End, failure
4. A transfer of the crown or of an estate to a successor

1. To give to a successor
2. To bequeath by will
3. To transfer by lease

• jouk
• jouked
• joukeries
• joukery
• joukery-pawkery
• jouking
• jouks
• joule
• jouled
• joules
• jouling
• jounce
• jounced
• jounces
• jouncing
• jour
• jour de fête
• journal
• journal-box
• journal-boxes
• journalese
• journaleses
• journal intime
• journalisation
• journalise