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Definition of Demotes
1. demote [v] - See also: demote
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demotes
Literary usage of Demotes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Postal Riders and Raiders by W H Gantz (1912)
"I will not do more here than to point to the epitome biographical sketches of
the promotes and demotes in the friendly “write-up.” In substance it says that ..."
2. Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson (1911)
"An individual which acquires a new character thereby demotes from the form it
previously had, which form the germs, or oftener the half-germs, ..."
3. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1839)
"Polybius observes, that this fear of expense, which demotes a little and mean
soul, and entirely dishonours a prince, made many of his enterprises miscarry; ..."
4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"The demotes decided on the vali« of these objections under the sanction of an oa
and the question was determined by a majority votes.1 The same process was ..."
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