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de·mit1       [di-mit] Pronunciation Key verb, -mit·ted, -mit·ting, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to resign (a job, public office, etc.); relinquish.
2.Archaic. to dismiss; fire.
–verb (used without object)
3.to resign.
–noun
4.Also, dimit. (esp. in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
[Origin: 1520–30; < MF demettre, OF demetre < L démittere to demit2 (but also with some senses of L dīmittere send away, dismiss, equiv. to dī- di-2 + mittere to send)]
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de·mit2       [di-mit] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -mit·ted, -mit·ting.
1.to put in or send to a lower place.
2.Obsolete. to lower in status, rank, or esteem; humble.
[Origin: 1550–60; < L démittere to let fall, send down, equiv. to dé- de- + mittere to send]
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de·mit       (dĭ-mĭt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   de·mit·ted, de·mit·ting, de·mits

v.   tr.
  1. To relinquish (an office or function).
  2. Archaic To dismiss.

v.   intr.
To give up an office or position; resign.


[Middle English dimitten, to release, from Old French demettre, from Latin dīmittere : dis-, away; see dis- + mittere, to send.]

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Demit

De*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Demitting.] [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.

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Demit

De*mit"\, v. i. [F. d['e]mettre to remove, se d['e]mettre to resign; d['e]- (L. dis-) + mettre to put, fr. L. mittere to send. Cf. Dismiss.] To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge; -- generally used with an implication that the act is voluntary.

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Demit

De*mit"\, n. The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

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