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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
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.
- 3noun
The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
- 4transitive verb
To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
- 5transitive verb
To convey; to give.
- 6transitive verb
To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
- 7noun
the time when something ends
"it was the death of all his plans"
"a dying of old hopes"
- 8verb
transfer by a lease or by a will
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