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

demīˈsable adjective

• direfulness
• direfulnesses
• dirempt
• dirempted
• dirempting
• diremption
• diremptions
• dirempts
• direness
• direnesses
• direr
• direst
• dire wolf
• dire wolves
• dirge
• dirges
• dirham
• dirhams
• dirhem
• dirhems
• dirige
• dirigent
• diriges
• dirigible
• dirigibles