demise
Signification (Anglais)
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- 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.
- Death.
- The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
Concepts
claboter
s’éteindre
passer l’arme à gauche
calancher
casser sa queue de billard
payer sa dette à la nature
dévisser son billard
mort de l’Empereur
abdication f
céder à bail
Synonymes
cash in one’s chips
give-up the ghost
cease to be
go to meet ones maker
fork up
yield
deed over
death of the Emperor
Reaper
the act of dying
the end of life
closing curtain
causa mortis
let on hire
causa donatio
abdication
become extinct
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/dɪˈmaɪz/
Étymologie (Anglais)
From Middle English demyse, dimise, dimisse, dymyse, from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre (“to put down, relinquish”); from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō. The senses "death, end" derive by way of euphemism from the legal sense, as a person's death was a common way that the legal demise could be accomplished. The verb is from Middle English dimisen, from the noun.
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