Definition of demises Demises
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- demises (Noun)
Plural of demise.
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| demise - transfer by a lease or by a will | ||
| transfer transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" | ||
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- demise (Noun)
The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. - demise (Noun)
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. - demise (Noun)
Death. - demise (Noun)
End. - demise (Verb)
To give. - demise (Verb)
To convey, as by will or lease. - demise (Verb)
To transmit by inheritance. - demise (Verb)
To pass by inheritance. - demise (Verb)
To die.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- demise (n.)
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. - demise (n.)
The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person. - demise (n.)
The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. - demise (v. t.)
To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. - demise (v. t.)
To convey; to give. - demise (v. t.)
To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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demise
To cease to live.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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demise
dē-mīz′, n. a transferring: death, esp. of a sovereign or a distinguished person: a transfer of the crown or of an estate to a successor.—v.t. to send down to a successor: to bequeath by will.—adj. Demī′sable. [O. Fr. demise, pa.p. of desmettre, to lay down—L. dimittĕre, to send away—L. dis, aside, and mittĕre, missum, to send.]
