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demit
1[ dih-mit ]
verb (used with object)
- to resign (a job, public office, etc.); relinquish.
- Archaic. to dismiss; fire.
verb (used without object)
- to resign.
noun
- Also dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
demit
2[ dih-mit ]
verb (used with object)
- to put in or send to a lower place.
- Obsolete. to lower in status, rank, or esteem; humble.
demit
/ »åɪˈ³¾Éª³Ù /
verb
- to resign (an office, position, etc)
- tr to dismiss
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of demit1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of demit1
Example Sentences
An authority pregnant to predetermine continental issues for unnumbered years to come, however dread its weight, and however frail and faint his mortal strength, he may not demit.
If her Grace had willingly demitted the same, as her Highness did not, her Highness could not have nominated the said Earl of Murray Regent, for there were others to have been preferred to him.
The avenger of blood may not demit his duty until some member of the other tribe has been killed.
The Experiment of a Cone, demitted with its Base, and after with its Point downwards.
The Court of Arches now issued a suspension against the accused, and condemned them to prison when they continued to officiate, until they declared themselves ready to obey or to demit their office.
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