demise

noun

(countable) Death; decease.

(countable) The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.

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

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.

(technology) The atmospheric disintegration of a satellite or satellite component upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

verb

(intransitive) To die.

(transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease.

(transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance.

(intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.

(transitive, obsolete, law) To give.

Roots

mitto-mise · Latin · send

Synonyms for demise

deathn dyingn deceasen extinctionn dissolutionn doomn departuren annihilationn perishingv knelln

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