Demise

[dɪ'maɪz]

Definition

(verb.) transfer by a lease or by a will.

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Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.

(n.) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.

(v. t.) To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.

(v. t.) To convey; to give.

(v. t.) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Conveyance, alienation, transfer, transference, making over.[2]. Death (of a royal or a distinguished person), decease.

v. a. [1]. Alienate, transfer, consign, devolve, convey, make over, deliver over.[2]. Bequeath, devise, will, grant by will.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

[See DEATH]

Editor: Nicolas

Definition

n. a transferring: death esp. of a sovereign or a distinguished person: a transfer of the crown or of an estate to a successor.—v.t. to send down to a successor: to bequeath by will.—adj. Demī′sable.

Typist: Psyche

Examples

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