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Word: Demise
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (as a legal term): from Anglo-Norman French, past participle (used as a noun) of Old French desmettre ‘dismiss’, (in reflexive) ‘abdicate’, based on Latin dimittere (see dismiss)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈmʌɪz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person's death
Short Definition:death
Examples:- Mr Grisenthwaite's tragic demise
Definition:
conveyance or transfer of property or a title by will or lease.
Short Definition:transfer of property or title
Word: Demise
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪˈmʌɪz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease
Short Definition:transfer estate
Examples:- the manor and the mill were demised for twenty-one-year terms
- the demised property
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