'Demit' definitions:
Definition of 'Demit'
From: GCIDE
- Demit \De*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Demitting.] [L. demittere to send or bring down, to lower; de- + mittere to send. Cf. Demise.]
- 1. To let fall; to depress. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To lay down, as an office; to resign. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- General Conway demitted his office. --Hume. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Demit'
From: GCIDE
- Demit \De*mit"\, v. i. [F. d['e]mettre to remove, se d['e]mettre to resign; d['e]- (L. dis-) + mettre to put, fr. L. mittere to send. Cf. Dismiss.] 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Demit'
From: GCIDE
- Demit \De*mit"\, n. The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]