demise /di-mīzˈ/

1. A transferring by lease
2. Death (euphemistic or formal), as of a sovereign or a distinguished person
3. End, failure
4. A transfer of the crown or of an estate to a successor

1. To give to a successor
2. To bequeath by will
3. To transfer by lease

demīˈsable adjective

• boards
• boardsailing
• boardsailings
• boardsailor
• boardsailors
• board-school
• board-schools
• board shorts
• boards of directors
• board-wages
• boardwalk
• boardwalks
• boarfish
• boarfishes
• boar-hound
• boar-hounds
• boarish
• boars
• boar-spear
• boar-spears
• boart
• breed-bates
• breeder
• breeder reactor
• breeder reactors