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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demise \De*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demised; p. pr. & vb. n. Demising.]
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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?
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To convey; to give. [R.]
His soul is at his conception demised to him.
--Hammond. (Law) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
Demise \De*mise"\, n. [F. d['e]mettre, p. p. d['e]mis, d['e]mise, to put away, lay down; pref. d['e]- (L. de or dis-) + mettre to put, place, lay, fr. L. mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Dismiss, Demit.]
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.
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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.
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(Law) 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Middle French demise, fem. past participle of démettre "dismiss, put away," from des- "away" (from Latin dis-) + Middle French mettre "put," from Latin mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Originally "transfer of estate by will," meaning extended 1754 to "death" because that's when this happens.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context legal English) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. 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. 3 death. 4 end (less common, usually in a negative manner). vb. 1 (context transitive obsolete legal English) To give. 2 (context transitive legal English) To convey, as by will or lease. 3 (context transitive legal English) To transmit by inheritance. 4 (context intransitive legal English) To pass by inheritance. 5 (context intransitive English) To die.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Demise is the second full-length album by Nachtmystium. It is their final album to feature a straightforward black metal sound.
Demise is the third studio album by Missing Foundation, released in 1989 by Humanity Records.
Demise, in its original meaning, is an Anglo-Norman legal term (from French démettre, from Latin dimittere, to send away) for the transfer of an estate, especially by lease. The word has an operative effect in a lease, implying a covenant "for quiet enjoyment."
The phrase " demise of the Crown" is used in English law to signify the immediate transfer of the sovereignty, with all its attributes and prerogatives, to the successor without any interregnum in accordance with the maxim " the Crown never dies." At common law the death of the sovereign eo facto dissolved Parliament, but this was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1867. Similarly the common law doctrine that all offices held under the Crown determined [were terminated?] at its demise has been reversed by the Demise of the Crown Act 1901.
Demise is a legal term for a transfer of an estate, especially by lease.
Demise may also refer to:
- Demise (Wild Cards), a fictional character from the Wild Cards book series
- The Demise, an Irish punk rock band
- "The Demise", a song by Hawkwind from their 1985 album The Chronicle of the Black Sword
- Demise, a 1991 album by Orlík
- Death, the permanent cessation of all biological functions that sustain a particular living organism
- Demise (Nachtmystium album), 2006
- Demise (Missing Foundation album), 1989
- Demise (The Legend of Zelda), the main villain in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- A demise charter is a form of bareboat charter in which the charter period may last for many years
- Demise: Rise of the Ku'tan, a 1999 computer role-playing game
Usage examples of "demise".
Michael Bolton rasped out a song lamenting the demise of a love affair on the airwaves of the only station that would come in.
They were spawned by the pit, by the deaths of the Archeozoic, the Paleozoic, the successive geological periods, and along with their Intelligence received the guarantee of their own demise.
I entreat him likewise to forward my certificate of baptism, the seal with the armorial bearings of my family, and a legal certificate of my birth to the French ambassador in Venice, who will send the whole to the duke, my father, my rights of primogeniture belonging, after my demise, to the prince, my brother.
Upon the demise of the introspectionist movement in modern psychology in the early years of the twentieth century, behaviorism also adopted the principle of reductionism by studying the behavior of animals as a means to understanding human behavior.
Donnie Bichon was filled with regret for the demise of his marriage and the death of the woman he had once loved.
Consequently grain, fruits, and preserved vegetables were getting low and the villagers were complaining mightily about the extra ration of fish in their diet, since Carole was totally unwilling to whistle anything less cold-eyed and more furry to its demise on a supper table.
From astride his snorting charger, Lord Diegan glared down at his prince, who accepted his demise without rancor for mud-spoiled velvets.
German population of the Kaliningrad region was either dead or expelled or sent to Siberia, but since the demise of the Soviet Union, Kaliningrad had became a free port to attract prosperity, and the closest source of prosperity was.
Several distinct phyla are known to have existed in the Iscog prior to its demise.
But Takamatsu Castle is now the pivot of the western provinces, and its fall would surely signal the demise of the Mori clan.
That all the copyholds and customary messuages, lands, and tenements within the said manor are, and have been time out of mind, copyholds of inheritance, demised and demisable to the copyholders or customary tenants thereof, and their heirs in fee simple by copy of Court Roll, according to the custom of the said manor.
Her ignorance existed solely in the plans that were slowly, incrementally settling into place to achieve her own demise.
Moreover, in the end, Saddam devised a strategy that took advantage of our own missteps and the shortcomings of our allies to undermine the policy and help speed its demise.
Juniko the Original did have some good points, so his joint executioners agreed to reincarnate him via clonage and, opting for a nonparanoid Juniko the Second, a part of him was preserved and regrown after his assisted demise.
If his own demise were imminent, he planned to take everybody down with him--no threats, no demonstration flash in the desert for diplomatic leverage.