Hypertext Webster Gateway: "demise"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Demise \De*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demised}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Demising}.]
1. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to
grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. ``Power to demise my
lands.'' --Swift.

What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine?
--Shak.

2. To convey; to give. [R.]

His soul is at his conception demised to him.
--Hammond.

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Demise \De*mise"\, n. [F. d['e]mettre, p. p. d['e]mis,
d['e]mise, to put away, lay down; pref. d['e]- (L. de or
dis-) + mettre to put, place, lay, fr. L. mittere to send.
See {Mission}, and cf. {Dismiss}, {Demit}.]
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. --P.
Cunningham.

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

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.
--Blackstone.

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

Syn: Death; decease; departure. See {Death}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

demise
n : the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his
plans"; "a dying of old hopes" [syn: {death}, {dying}]
[ant: {birth}]


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