demise

¹de·mise

verb \di-ˈmīz\

de·misedde·mis·ing

Definition of DEMISE

transitive verb

1

: to convey (as an estate) by will or lease

2

obsolete : convey, give

3

: to transmit by succession or inheritance

intransitive verb

1

: die, decease

2

: to pass by descent or bequest <the property has demised to the king's heirs>

Examples of DEMISE

1. <our much beloved, recently demised leader>

Origin of DEMISE

(see ²demise)

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to DEMISE

Synonyms: check out, conk (out), croak [slang], decease, die, depart, drop, end, exit, expire, fall, flatline, go, kick in [slang], kick off [slang], pass (on), pass away, part, peg out [chiefly British], perish, pop off, step out, succumb

Antonyms: breathe, live

Related Words: predecease; consume, disappear, dry up, fade, fail

Near Antonyms: come to, revive; linger; be, exist, subsist; flourish, prosper, thrive

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Rhymes with DEMISE

abscise, advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, chastise, clockwise, coastwise, cognize, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, edgewise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, sunrise, surmise, surprise, trim size, twin-size, unwise, uprise