DEMISE
\dɪmˈa͡ɪz], \dɪmˈaɪz], \d_ɪ_m_ˈaɪ_z]\
Definitions of DEMISE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Death.
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Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
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The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
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To convey; to give.
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To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
By Oddity Software
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Death.
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Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
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The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
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To convey; to give.
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To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
By Noah Webster.
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Death.
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Death, especially of a royal personage; the conveyance or transfer of an estate by will or lease.
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To give or grant by will.
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To bequeath property by will.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Death.
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Laying down-hence, a transferring: the death of a sovereign or a distinguished person: a transfer of the crown or of an estate to a successor.
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To send down to a successor: to bequeath by will.
By Daniel Lyons
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Death.
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To bequeth; pass by bequest; give; convey; lease.
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Death, as of a sovereign; a transfer of property.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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