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demote

1881, American English coinage from de- + stem of promote. Said to have been Midwestern in origin.

Regarding an antithesis to 'promote,' the word universally in use in Cambridge, in Harvard College, is drop. The same word is in use in the leading schools here (Boston). I hope I may be counted every time against such barbarisms as 'demote' and 'retromote.' [Edward Everett Hale, 1892, letter to the publishers of "Funk & Wagnalls' Standard Dictionary"]

Related: Demoted; demoting.

〔蒋〕[de-向下，mot移动;’使向下移动”] 使降级
〔李〕[de-=dwon下；mot=to move移动；-e→“to move down向下移动”→] v. bring lower in rank 降级

词汇	demote
词根词缀	Online Etymology Dictionary 词根李平武蒋争 demote v. 1881, American English coinage from de- + stem of promote. Said to have been Midwestern in origin. Regarding an antithesis to 'promote,' the word universally in use in Cambridge, in Harvard College, is drop. The same word is in use in the leading schools here (Boston). I hope I may be counted every time against such barbarisms as 'demote' and 'retromote.' [Edward Everett Hale, 1892, letter to the publishers of "Funk & Wagnalls' Standard Dictionary"] Related: Demoted; demoting. 〔蒋〕[de-向下，mot移动;’使向下移动”] 使降级〔李〕[de-=dwon下；mot=to move移动；-e→“to move down向下移动”→] v. bring lower in rank 降级
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