A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal. / A lesser deity. Someone held up for reverence as a supreme example.

A system of government in which the populace votes but the media hold power through influence.

(Greek mythology) The goddess of the fertility of the Earth and harvests, protector of marriage and social order; daughter of Cronos and Rhea, mother to Persephone.

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.

The desire to purchase goods and services. / (economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price. / A forceful claim for something. / A requirement.

To request forcefully. / To claim a right to something. / To ask forcefully for information. / To require of someone. / (law) To issue a summons to court.

The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.

(law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.

(transitive, obsolete, law) To give. / (transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease. / (transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance. / (intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.

To debase; to lower; to degrade. / To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate. / To mortify.