demise
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noun
1.
death or decease.
2.
termination of existence or operation: the demise of the empire.
3.
Law.
a.
a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate.
b.
a conveyance or transfer of an estate.
4.
Government. transfer of sovereignty, as by the death or deposition of the sovereign.
verb (used with object)
5.
Law. to transfer (an estate or the like) for a limited time; lease.
6.
Government. to transfer (sovereignty), as by the death or abdication of the sovereign.
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verb (used without object)
7.
Law. to pass by bequest, inheritance, or succession.
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demise (dɪˈmaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | failure or termination: the demise of one's hopes |
| 2. | a euphemistic or formal word for death |
| 3. | property law |
| a. a transfer of an estate by lease | |
| b. the passing or transfer of an estate on the death of the owner | |
| 4. | the immediate transfer of sovereignty to a successor upon the death, abdication, etc, of a ruler (esp in the phrase demise of the crown) |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to transfer or be transferred by inheritance, will, or succession |
| 6. | (tr) property law to transfer (an estate, etc) for a limited period; lease |
| 7. | (tr) to transfer (sovereignty, a title, etc) by or as if by the death, deposition, etc, of a ruler |
| [C16: from Old French, feminine of demis dismissed, from demettre to send away, from Latin dīmittere; see | |
| de'misable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
demise
1442, from M.Fr. demise, fem. pp. of demettre "dismiss, put away," from des- "away" (from L. dis-) + M.Fr. mettre "put," from L. mittere "let go, send." Originally "transfer of estate by will," meaning extended 1754 to "death" because that's when this happens.
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Example sentences
Sadly for the potential fate of human civilization, rumors of the demise of climate change have been much exaggerated.
Predictions of traditional media's demise are greatly exaggerated.
No doubt a number of factors contributed to its demise.
There have been so many reversals that it is not likely that all have caused the demise of a large number of species.
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