different between orbituary vs demise

English

Adjective

orbituary (not comparable)

1. (archaic) orbital
   • 1828, American Medical Recorder (volumes 13-14, page 328)

     It would be impossible, while the sun or electric body remained unaltered, and these planets retained their primary condition, that their axillary and orbituary motions, and distances from the centre, should ever change through an endless succession of ages.

   • 1907, Official gazette of the United States Patent Office

     In an engine, the combination of an expansion-chamber and piston therefor, means supporting said chamber and piston for orbituary movement […]

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