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demit vt.
vi. 辞职 辞职 Demit \ De* mit"\, n. The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has ( honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Demit \ De* mit"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Demitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Demitting}.] [ L. demittere to send or bring down, to lower; de- mittere to send. Cf. { Demise}.] 1. To let fall; to depress. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] They [ peacocks] demit and let fall the same [ i. e., their train]. -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one' s self to humble duties. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. To lay down, as an office; to resign. [ Scot.] [ 1913 Webster] General Conway demitted his office. -- Hume. [ 1913 Webster]
Demit \ De* mit"\, v. i. [ F. d[' e] mettre to remove, se d[' e] mettre to resign; d[' e]- ( L. dis-) mettre to put, fr. L. mittere to send. Cf. { Dismiss}.] To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge; -- generally used with an implication that the act is voluntary. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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