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demise

de·mise

UK/dɪˈmaɪz/ US/dɪˈmaɪz/ fairly common

noun

1.

the time when something ends

  • “it was the death of all his plans”
  • “a dying of old hopes”
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Origin

From Middle English demyse, dimise, dimisse, dymyse, from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre (“to put down, relinquish”); from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō. The "death" and "end" senses derive by way of euphemism from the legal sense, as a person's death was a common way that the legal demise could be accomplished. The verb is from Middle English dimisen, from the noun.

Phrases

  • early fetal demise

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