different between demise vs demit

English

Etymology

From Latin demissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of d?mitt?, apparently via Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??ma?z/

Noun

demise (plural demises)

1. (law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
2. 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.
3. Death.
4. The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.

Related terms

• demission
• demit

Translations

Verb

demise (third-person singular simple present demises, present participle demising, simple past and past participle demised)

1. (transitive, obsolete, law) To give.
2. (transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease.
3. (transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance.
4. (intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.
5. (intransitive) To die.

Anagrams

• -semide, Medise, demies, medise

Czech

Etymology

From French démission, from Latin d?missi?, from d?mitt?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?m?s?]

Noun

demise f

1. resignation, abdication

   Synonyms: abdikace, rezignace

See also

• mise

Further reading

• demise in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• demise in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

English

Etymology

From Latin d?mitt? (“send or bring down, let fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??m?t/

Verb

demit (third-person singular simple present demits, present participle demitting, simple past and past participle demitted)

1. (transitive) To let fall; to depress; to yield.
2. To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.

Related terms

• demise
• demission
• mission

Noun

demit (plural demits)

1. The act of demitting.
2. A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

Anagrams

• Tedim, timed

Latin

Verb

d?mit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of d?m?