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

• paperweights
• paperwork
• paperworks
• papery
• papes
• papeterie
• papeteries
• Paphian
• Papiamento
• papier collé
• papier-mâché
• Papilio
• Papilionaceae
• papilionaceous
• Papilionidae
• papilios
• Papilios
• papilla
• papillae
• papillar
• papillary
• papillate
• papillated
• papilliferous
• papilliform