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   demise

   /dɪˈmʌɪz/

   noun

   • 1. a person's death: "Mr Grisenthwaite's tragic demise" Similar deathdyingpassingpassing awaypassing onloss of lifeexpiryexpirationenddeparture from lifefinal exitdeceaserare:quietusOpposite birth
   • ▪ the end or failure of an enterprise or institution: "the demise of industry" Similar endbreak-updisintegrationfalldownfallruinfailurecollapsefounderingOpposite start
   • 2. conveyance or transfer of property or a title by will or lease.

   verb

   • 1. convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease: "the manor and the mill were demised for twenty-one-year terms"
   • ▪ transmit (a sovereign's title) by death or abdication.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a legal term): from Anglo-Norman French, past participle (used as a noun) of Old French desmettre ‘dismiss’, (in reflexive) ‘abdicate’, based on Latin dimittere (see dismiss).

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   DEMISE definition: 1. the death of a person: 2. the end of something that was previously considered to be powerful…. Learn more.

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   1. a. : death. b. : a cessation of existence or activity. c. : a loss of position or status. 2. : the conveyance of an estate. 3. : transfer of the sovereignty to a successor. demise. 2 of 2. verb. demised; demising. transitive verb. 1. : to convey by will or lease. demise an estate. 2. : to transmit by succession or inheritance.

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   noun. death or decease. termination of existence or operation: the demise of the empire. Law. a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate. a conveyance or transfer of an estate. Government. transfer of sovereignty, as by the death or deposition of the sovereign. verb (used with object) , de·mised, de·mis·ing.

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   the immediate transfer of sovereignty to a successor upon the death, abdication, etc, of a ruler (esp in the phrase demise of the crown) verb. 5. to transfer or be transferred by inheritance, will, or succession. 6. (transitive) property law. to transfer (an estate, etc) for a limited period; lease.

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   Resort to the noun demise when you describe the end, termination, or death of something or someone. Demise is mostly used in medical or legal language, or when someone wants to sound either formal or euphemistic.