De-mit', v. i.

[Lat. demittere, to send or bring down, to lower, from de and mittere, to send.] 1. To let fall; to depress; hence, to lay down formally, as an office. They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. Bacon. 2. To yield or submit; as, to demit one's self to humble duties.