demit

¹

[dih-mit]

verb (used with object)

demitted, demitting 

1. to resign (a job, public office, etc.); relinquish.

2. Archaic.,  to dismiss; fire.

verb (used without object)

demitted, demitting 

1. to resign.

noun

1. Also dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.

demit

²

[dih-mit]

verb (used with object)

demitted, demitting 

1. to put in or send to a lower place.

2. Obsolete.,  to lower in status, rank, or esteem; humble.

demit

/ dɪˈmɪt /

verb

1. to resign (an office, position, etc)

2. (tr) to dismiss

Word History and Origins

Origin of demit¹

1520–30; < Middle French demettre, Old French demetre < Latin dēmittere to demit ² (but also with some senses of Latin dīmittere send away, dismiss, equivalent to dī- di- ² + mittere to send)

Origin of demit²

1550–60; < Latin dēmittere to let fall, send down, equivalent to dē- de- + mittere to send

Word History and Origins

Origin of demit¹

C16: from Latin dīmittere to send forth, discharge, renounce, from _di- ² + mittere to send

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.

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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.

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The avenger of blood may not demit his duty until some member of the other tribe has been killed.

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The Experiment of a Cone, demitted with its Base, and after with its Point downwards.

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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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