demit
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /dɪˈmɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪt
Verb
[edit]demit (third-person singular simple present demits, present participle demitting, simple past and past participle demitted)
- (transitive) To let fall; to depress; to yield.
- To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]demit (plural demits)
- The act of demitting.
- A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]dēmit
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