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noun

Demise n.

1.

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.

2.

The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person. "After the demise of the Queen (of George II.), in 1737, they (drawing- rooms) were held but twice a week."

3.

(Law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. Note: The demise of the crown is a transfer of the crown, royal authority, or kingdom, to a successor. Thus, when Edward IV. was driven from his throne for a few months by the house of Lancaster, this temporary transfer of his dignity was called a demise. Thus the natural death of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise, as by that event the crown is transferred to a successor.

Demise and redemise, a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it.

Synonyms: Death; decease; departure. See Death.

verb

Demise v. t. (past & past part. demised; pres. part. demising)

1.

To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. "Power to demise my lands." "What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine?"

2.

To convey; to give. (R.) "His soul is at his conception demised to him."

3.

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

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"Demise" Quotes from Famous Books

... over the sheet with utmost care, as it was so dry and brittle, and to the speechless astonishment of them all, it showed that the mourning bands were used for the death of George Washington. The entire front page was devoted to the news of his demise which had occurred the day before going to press. His fame, and value to the United States, were spoken of, and other features of his life were touched upon. His picture, printed from an old wood-cut, headed the page. All the spelling was such as was common at that time ...

— Polly's Business Venture • Lillian Elizabeth Roy

... possible that Charles Lamb was right when he declared that no woman married to a genius ever believed her husband to be one. We know that the wife of Edmund Spenser became the Faerie Queene of another soon after his demise, and whenever Spenser was praised in her presence she put on a look that plainly said, "I could ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14) - Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters • Elbert Hubbard

... patience and persistence devouring every toadstool, the same result could be achieved in our home-town orchard. When on the march, the army ants are as innocuous at two inches as at two miles. Had I sat where I was for days and for nights, my chief danger would have been demise from sheer chagrin at my inability to grasp the deeper significance of life and ...

— Edge of the Jungle • William Beebe

... poor Susan died, Miss Hobson, by her father's demise, having now become a partner in the house, as well as heiress to the pious and childless Zachariah Hobson, her uncle Mr. Newcome, with his little boy in his hand, met Miss Hobson as she was coming out of meeting one Sunday; and the child looked so pretty ...

— The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray

... Walford's statistics we must remember that it has only been in recent years that the middle and lower classes of people have taken insurance on their lives. Formerly only the wealthy and those exposed to early demise were in the habit ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

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