Demit — Defs

01 v. t. To let fall; to depress.

imp. & p. p. Demitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Demitting

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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.

02 v. i. To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge; -- generally used with an impl…

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To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge; -- generally used with an implication that the act is voluntary.

03 n. The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.

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The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.