"demise" meaning in English

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Noun

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Rhymes: -aɪz Etymology: From Middle English demyse, dimise, dimisse, dymyse, from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre (“to put down, relinquish”); from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō. The senses "death, end" derive by way of euphemism from the legal sense, as a person's death was a common way that the legal demise could be accomplished. The verb is from Middle English dimisen, from the noun. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|demyse}} Middle English demyse, {{der|en|frm|démise}} Middle French démise, {{der|en|la|dēmissa}} Latin dēmissa, {{inh|en|enm|dimisen}} Middle English dimisen Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} demise (countable and uncountable, plural demises)
  1. (law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years): прехвърляне (prehvǎrljane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), traspàs [masculine] (Catalan), overdracht [masculine] (Dutch), transfert [masculine] (French), Verpachtung [feminine] (German), префрлу́вање (prefrlúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), пре́нос (prénos) [masculine] (Macedonian), transfèrt [masculine] (Occitan), transferiment [masculine] (Occitan), transferencia [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-demise-en-noun--pzg4N3D Topics: law Disambiguation of 'the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years': 86 12 0 2
  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor): предаване по наследство (predavane po nasledstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), traspàs [masculine] (Catalan), overdracht [masculine] (Dutch), transfert [masculine] (French), transmission [feminine] (French), Übertragung [feminine] (German), Besitzübertragung [feminine] (German), Übergabe [feminine] (German), Übergang [masculine] (German), преда́вање по на́следство (predávanje po následstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), transfèrt [masculine] (Occitan), transferiment (Occitan), transmission [feminine] (Occitan), cessão [feminine] (Portuguese), transferência [feminine] (Portuguese), переда́ча по насле́дству (peredáča po naslédstvu) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-demise-en-noun-lc11TVYe Disambiguation of 'transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor': 5 92 0 2
  3. (countable) Death. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-demise-en-noun-tSRRXLIc Disambiguation of Death: 5 2 73 8 0 3 4 4 0
  4. (countable) The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall. Tags: countable Translations (end, downfall, or failure): desaparició [feminine] (Catalan), caiguda [feminine] (Catalan), fallida [feminine] (Catalan), konec [masculine] (Czech), zánik [masculine] (Czech), neergang [masculine] (Dutch), falen [neuter] (Dutch), chute [feminine] (French), fin [feminine] (French), échec [feminine] (French), disparition [feminine] (French), Untergang [masculine] (German), Verschwinden [neuter] (German), Niedergang [masculine] (German), Scheitern [neuter] (German), bukás (Hungarian), falo (Ido), fino (Ido), nesuceso (Ido), falio (Italian), крај (kraj) [masculine] (Macedonian), про́паст (própast) [feminine] (Macedonian), whakahinganga (Maori), casuda [feminine] (Occitan), fin [feminine] (Occitan), malafin [feminine] (Occitan), revirada [feminine] (Occitan), fracàs [masculine] (Occitan), fim [masculine] (Portuguese), ruína [feminine] (Portuguese), colapso [masculine] (Portuguese), fracasso [masculine] (Portuguese), desaparición [feminine] (Spanish), caída [feminine] (Spanish), quiebra [feminine] (Spanish), fin [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-demise-en-noun-MjQhVl6v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 8 1 56 3 7 9 12 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 6 2 43 7 8 9 13 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 5 2 54 5 7 7 11 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 4 2 68 3 5 5 7 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 6 20 3 37 4 6 10 10 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 6 20 3 37 4 6 10 10 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 16 3 38 5 6 11 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 6 15 3 39 5 6 11 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 5 20 2 36 4 6 12 12 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 8 3 34 8 9 10 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 5 10 2 42 6 7 11 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 15 3 39 5 6 11 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 8 2 34 8 9 10 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 9 3 44 5 7 8 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 6 13 3 40 5 6 11 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 18 2 28 3 10 17 17 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 5 7 2 50 5 7 7 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 6 8 3 42 6 8 8 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 8 3 44 6 8 8 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 6 20 3 37 4 6 10 10 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 6 20 3 37 4 6 10 10 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 10 2 43 3 9 12 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 6 15 3 39 5 6 11 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 6 12 3 41 5 7 10 10 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 6 20 3 37 4 6 10 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 13 2 32 7 8 12 13 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 22 2 37 4 6 10 10 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 8 3 44 6 8 8 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 6 16 3 38 5 6 11 11 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 7 2 44 7 8 9 12 7 Disambiguation of 'end, downfall, or failure': 2 5 25 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: early fetal demise Related terms: demission, demit Translations (death — see also death): dood (Afrikaans), մահ (mah) (Armenian), վախճան (vaxčan) (Armenian), смърт (smǎrt) [feminine] (Bulgarian), defunció [feminine] (Catalan), 逝世 (shìshì) (Chinese Mandarin), úmrtí [neuter] (Czech), dood [masculine] (Dutch), morto (Esperanto), forpaso (Esperanto), poismeno (Finnish), kuolema (Finnish), mort [feminine] (French), Tod [masculine] (German), מוות (ma'vet) (Hebrew), koolema (Ingrian), surma (Ingrian), morte [feminine] (Italian), decesso [masculine] (Italian), ажал (ajal) (Kazakh), смрт (smrt) [feminine] (Macedonian), tāwhatitanga (Maori), mòrt [feminine] (Occitan), décès [masculine] (Occitan), فوت (fovt) (Persian), zgon [masculine] (Polish), śmierć [feminine] (Polish), morte [feminine] (Portuguese), óbito [masculine] (Portuguese), falecimento [masculine] (Portuguese), кончи́на (končína) [feminine] (Russian), смерть (smertʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ги́бель (gíbelʹ) [feminine] (Russian), bàs [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), caochladh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), eug [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), defunción [feminine] (Spanish), óbito [masculine] (Spanish), deceso [masculine] (Spanish), fallecimiento [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'death — see also death': 1 1 48 49

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈmaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demise.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-demise.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-demise.wav Forms: demises [present, singular, third-person], demising [participle, present], demised [participle, past], demised [past]
Rhymes: -aɪz Etymology: From Middle English demyse, dimise, dimisse, dymyse, from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre (“to put down, relinquish”); from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō. The senses "death, end" derive by way of euphemism from the legal sense, as a person's death was a common way that the legal demise could be accomplished. The verb is from Middle English dimisen, from the noun. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|demyse}} Middle English demyse, {{der|en|frm|démise}} Middle French démise, {{der|en|la|dēmissa}} Latin dēmissa, {{inh|en|enm|dimisen}} Middle English dimisen Head templates: {{en-verb}} demise (third-person singular simple present demises, present participle demising, simple past and past participle demised)
  1. (transitive, obsolete, law) To give. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-demise-en-verb-vgQktRz~ Topics: law
  2. (transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-demise-en-verb-fNEmdu3N Topics: law
  3. (transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-demise-en-verb-uxLEj47M Topics: law
  4. (intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-demise-en-verb-FErqlmlE Topics: law
  5. (intransitive) To die. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-demise-en-verb-jx6TKsZL

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Immediately upon the Royal Assent being signified to this Act the Instrument of Abdication executed by His present Majesty on the tenth day of December, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, set out in the Schedule to this Act, shall have effect, and thereupon His Majesty shall cease to be King and there shall be a demise of the Crown, and accordingly the member of the Royal Family then next in succession to the Throne shall succeed thereto and to all the rights, privileges, and dignities thereunto belonging.",
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          "text": "Earth looked her loveliest to receive my sweet sister's gentle dust; but all was harsh and sullen as her own nature when Lady Avonleigh's haughty ashes returned to their original element. Immediately after her demise, her son went abroad, and I accompanied him.",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "pt",
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