demise

demise is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.
3. noun. The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
4. transitive verb. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
5. transitive verb. To convey; to give.
6. transitive verb. To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
7. noun. the time when something ends

   "it was the death of all his plans"

   "a dying of old hopes"

   Synonyms: death, dying

8. verb. transfer by a lease or by a will

Synonyms

death, dying

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in demise:

demies, diseme

Common word forms

demised, demises, demising

Words from these letters

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