Meaning & use
demised
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Transferred an estate or title by lease, will, or descent, or, more formally, died.
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The property was demised to the tenant for a term of ninety-nine years.
The old king demised, leaving the throne to his eldest daughter.
A note on using this word
Common in legal and formal writing; the noun form "demise" is used far more often today than the verb.
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bequeathedconveyed
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