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demise
/dɪˈmaɪz/
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What does demise mean?
noun
- The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
- 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.
- Death; decease.
More meanings (7)
noun
- The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
- The atmospheric disintegration of a satellite or satellite component upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere.
verb
- To convey, as by will or lease.
- To transmit by inheritance.
- To pass by inheritance.
- To die.
- (obsolete) To give.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪˈmaɪz/
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We took the usual great precautions in determining the genuineness of his demise, then carried him into the open.
The felicitous word “demise,” which had seasonably occurred to him, had raised his spirits even above their usual evening pitch.
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These, with others and with several curious objects exhibited in court, had been demanded by Mrs Turner after Forman's demise.
Seeing the grief of the celestials, the people on earth also mourned over the demise of Methuselah, and God rewarded them therefor.