demit
See also: démit and démît
English
Etymology
From Latin dēmittō (“send or bring down, let fall”).
Verb
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
- demise
- demission
- mission
Noun
demit (plural demits)
- The act of demitting.
- A document certifying that a person has (honourably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
Anagrams
- timed
Latin
Verb
dēmit
- third-person singular present active indicative of dēmō