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Definition of "demitted" [demitted]

  • Simple past tense and past participle of demit. (verb)

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Use "demitted" in a sentence
  • "It is well known to our readers that Superintendent Ryder, two and a half years ago, was induced to assume the laborious work then demitted by Rev.Dr. Roy upon a similar transfer of Dr. Roy from the Field"
  • "On the 2d of October Mr. McPherson arrived from Canada, and I forthwith demitted the charge."
  • "The writer, who never demitted the habit of going to church twice every Sunday, and sometimes thrice, does not comment upon the coincidence that he hears again a sermon from the text used and "improved" by a Virginia divine, two years ago."
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