'Demised' definitions:
Definition of 'Demised'
From: GCIDE
- Demise \De*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demised; p. pr. & vb. n. Demising.]
- 1. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. "Power to demise my lands." --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To convey; to give. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- His soul is at his conception demised to him. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'demised'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asleep,
- asleep in Jesus,
- at rest,
- bereft of life,
- breathless,
- called home,
- carrion,
- croaked,
- dead,
- dead and gone,
- death-struck,
- deceased,
- defunct,
- departed,
- departed this life,
- destitute of life,
- done for,
- exanimate,
- fallen,
- finished,
- food for worms,
- gone,
- gone to glory,
- gone west,
- inanimate,
- late,
- late lamented,
- launched into eternity,
- lifeless,
- martyred,
- no more,
- passed on,
- pushing up daisies,
- released,
- reposing,
- resting easy,
- sainted,
- sleeping,
- smitten with death,
- still,
- stillborn,
- taken away,
- taken off,
- with the Lord,
- with the saints,
- without life,
- without vital functions