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Webster 1913 Edition
Demit
De-mit′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Demitted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Demitting
.] 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.