noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The transfer of an estate back to the person who demised it; reconveyance. countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate. transitive

Etymology

From re- + demise.

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