DEMISE
death, dying, demise
(noun) the time when something ends; “it was the death of all his plans”; “a dying of old hopes”
demise
(verb) transfer by a lease or by a will
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
demise (plural demises)
(legal) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
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.
Death.
The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
Verb
demise (third-person singular simple present demises, present participle demising, simple past and past participle demised)
(transitive, obsolete, legal) To give.
(transitive, legal) To convey, as by will or lease.
(transitive, legal) To transmit by inheritance.
(intransitive, legal) To pass by inheritance.
(intransitive) To die.
Anagrams
• Medise, demies, medise
Source: Wiktionary
De*mise", n. Etym: [F. démettre, p. p. démis, démise, to put away,
lay down; pref. dé- (L. de or dis-) + mettre to put, place, lay, fr.
L. mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Dismiss, Demit.]
1. 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.
2. The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death
of any illustrious person.
After the demise of the Queen [of George II.], in 1737, they
[drawing-rooms] were held but twice a week. P. Cunningham.
3. (Law)
Definition: The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life
or for years, most commonly the latter. Bouvier.
Note: The demise of the crown is a transfer of the crown, royal
authority, or kingdom, to a successor. Thus, when Edward IV. was
driven from his throne for a few months by the house of Lancaster,
this temporary transfer of his dignity was called a demise. Thus the
natural death of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise, as
by that event the crown is transferred to a successor. Blackstone.
Demise and redemise, a conveyance where there are mutual leases made
from one to another of the same land, or something out of it.
Syn.
– Death; decease; departure. See Death.
De*mise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demised; p. pr. & vb. n. Demising.]
1. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or
bestow by will; to bequeath. "Power to demise my lands." Swift.
What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine Shak.
2. To convey; to give. [R.]
His soul is at his conception demised to him. Hammond.
3. (Law)
Definition: To convey, as an estate, be lease; to lease.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition