Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to the transfer or conveyance of an estate by lease or will.
  • Degrading; tending to lower or degrade.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to transfer or conveyance.
  • adjective Tending to lower, depress, or degrade.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Relating to transfer or conveyance.
  • adjective Tending to lower, depress, or degrade.
  • adjective Having resigned or been removed from a position, but retaining some status or powers.

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