demit[verb]Synonyms: abdicate, renounce, resign
[verb]Synonyms: lower, couch, depress, droop, let down, sink
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
demit verb1 trans. [dɪ'mɪt] Also
dimit. Infl.
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LME.[Latin demittere let or send down, from de- DE- 1 + mittere send.]1. Abase, humble (oneself).
LME-L17.2. Send, put, or let down; lower.
E17. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲
demit verb2.
[dɪ'mɪt] Chiefly
Scot. Infl.
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E16.[French démettre, Old French desmettre, from des-, dé- DE- 3 + mettre, taking the place of Latin dimittere: see DIMIT verb1, DISMISS verb.]1. verb trans. Let go, send away, dismiss.
arch. E16.2. verb trans. Put away, part with.
M16-L17.3. verb trans. & intrans. Resign; abdicate.
M16.4. verb trans. Send out.
L17-M18.5. verb trans. Convey by lease. Only in
L18. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲