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Definition of Demiss
1. a. Cast down; humble; submissive.
Definition of Demiss
1. Adjective. (archaic) Humble, lowly; abject. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demiss
1. humble [adj] - See also: humble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demiss
Literary usage of Demiss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The King's English by Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler (1906)
"Yet charitable readers will believe that in the following sentence demiss has
slipped unconsciously from a learned pen: He perceived that the Liberal ..."
2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States (1903)
"De concessione demiss, Edwardo Ditchfield et aliis. 17. Rym. 633. A proclamation
for the utter prohibiting the importation and use of all tobacco which is ..."
3. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, Aeneas James George Mackay, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"42. Deme. See Dame. Deme, v. imp. deem, think, 213. 40— demiss, pr. t. judge, 93.
36—Dem- ing, pr. pp. judging, 69. 109—Demit, pt. pp. judged, 94. 55. ..."
4. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1832)
"•f- la—sa, L. and M. and Roh. and M. (i) See the observation of Mr. Dunning on
this passage in his argument in the case of Zouch ex demiss. ..."
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