demise
verb
demised; demising
1
: to convey by will or lease
demise an estate
2
: to transmit by succession or inheritance
2
: to pass by descent or bequest
the property has demised to the king's heirs
Examples of demise in a Sentence
our much beloved, recently demised leader
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Leonard David, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026
The converter must do that in order to prepare to reconfigure utilities, building systems, and demising walls--and often elevators and lobbies--in the entire building to accommodate a residential change of use.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The full ramifications of FTX’s insolvency and demise remain unclear, but many investors who had stored cryptocurrency on the exchange stand to lose a great deal.
—Mia Taylor, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2022
According to James Sinclair, director of marine archaeology for the AllenX Maravillas project, the researchers are delving into the mystery of the ship’s demise by thoroughly mapping all of their finds.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2022
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demise
1 of 2 transitive verb
de·mise
di-ˈmīz 
demised; demising
: to convey (possession of property) by will or lease
the demised premises
demise
2 of 2 noun1
: the conveyance of property by will or lease : lease
2
: the transmission of property by testate or intestate succession
3
: charter of a boat in which the owner surrenders completely the possession, command, and navigation of the boat
called also bareboat charter
Etymology
Anglo-French, from feminine past participle of demettre to convey by lease, from Old French, to put down, give up, renounce, from Latin demittere to let fall and dimittere to release
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