- 1. v. t. To let fall; to depress. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To lay down, as an office; to resign. Source: opted
- 4. 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. Source: webster
- 5. v. t. To let fall; to depress. v. t. To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. v. t. To lay down, as an office; to resign. Source: ecdict
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