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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
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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