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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
demise .
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Examples
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"demised" as compared with the less interesting persons who are still alive, and brings the population to 7,000.
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Stephen Leacock 1906
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It could be the way to persevere, the way not to get noticed, or be cut down, or criticized, demised, demoted, denied, denigrated, decomposed and destroyed
Singular vs. Plural Joe Sullivan 2011
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There, I was invited to stay at Peter Buck's house, and staying there was Nikki Sudden who has since sadly demised, and Billy Bragg; it was quite a wild scenario.
Mike Ragogna: The Decemberists Video Exclusive, Chatting With John Wesley Harding, Thomas Dolby and Stephen Kellogg, Plus Dancing With StevieMix Mike Ragogna 2011
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There, I was invited to stay at Peter Buck's house, and staying there was Nikki Sudden who has since sadly demised, and Billy Bragg; it was quite a wild scenario.
Mike Ragogna: The Decemberists Video Exclusive, Chatting With John Wesley Harding, Thomas Dolby and Stephen Kellogg, Plus Dancing With StevieMix Mike Ragogna 2011
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They are all, alas, bleeding demised, passed on, no more, ceased to be, bereft of life and resting in peace.
Ghosts of Gone Birds: exhibition enlists artists to save endangered species 2011
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I remember leaving the “r” out of “demised premises” one time when drafting a lease.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Evidence for Christina Hoff Sommers’ “War Against Boys” Theory? 2009
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It is hard to imagine the anatomical member to which you allude being demised legally or otherwise by means of a lease*, but I can tell you that circumcisions have gone awry resulting in demised ones and lawsuits.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Evidence for Christina Hoff Sommers’ “War Against Boys” Theory? 2009
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Fortunately I re-read the lease after printing it and before sending it, as the anatomical member that spell check selected cannot legally be demised in most US jurisdictions.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Evidence for Christina Hoff Sommers’ “War Against Boys” Theory? 2009
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Fortunately I re-read the lease after printing it and before sending it, as the anatomical member that spell check selected cannot legally be demised in most US jurisdictions.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Evidence for Christina Hoff Sommers’ “War Against Boys” Theory? 2009
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I remember leaving the “r” out of “demised premises” one time when drafting a lease.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More Evidence for Christina Hoff Sommers’ “War Against Boys” Theory? 2009
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