DEMITTED

Verb

demitted

simple past tense and past participle of demit

Source: Wiktionary


DEMIT

De*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Demitting.] Etym: [L. demittere to send or bring down, to lower; de- + mittere to send. Cf. Demise.]

1. To let fall; to depress. [R.] They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. Sir T. Browne.

2. To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. [R.]

3. To lay down, as an office; to resign. [Scot.] General Conway demitted his office. Hume.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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