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Webster 1913 Edition

Demit

De-mit′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Demitted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Demitting
.]
[L.
demittere
to send or bring down, to lower;
de-
+
mittere
to send. Cf.
Demise
.]
1.
To let fall; to depress.
[R.]
They [peacocks]
demit
and let fall the same [i. e., their train].
Sir T. Browne.
2.
To yield or submit; to humble; to lower;
as, to
demit
one’s self to humble duties
.
[R.]
3.
To lay down, as an office; to resign.
[Scot.]
General Conway
demitted
his office.
Hume.

Webster 1828 Edition

Demit

DEMIT

,
Verb.
T.
To let fall; to depress; to submit.

Definition 2024

demit

demit

See also: démit and démît

English

Verb

demit ‎(third-person singular simple present demits, present participle demitting, simple past and past participle demitted)

  1. (transitive) To let fall; to depress; to yield.
  2. To relinquish an office, membership, authority, etc.; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge.

Related terms

Noun

demit ‎(plural demits)

  1. The act of demitting.
  2. A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

dēmit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of dēmō

Etymology

From Latin dēmittō ‎(“send or bring down, let fall”).

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