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decease

noun
/dɪˈsiːs/

Etymology

From Old French deces (Modern French décès), from Latin dēcessus (“departure”).

  1. derived from dēcessus — “departure”
  2. derived from deces

Definitions

  1. Death, departure from life.

    • So should that beauty which you hold in lease Find no determination: then you were Yourself again after yourself's decease […]
    • I thought about my predecessor, who had died of drink and smoke; and I could have wished he had been so good as to live, and not bother me with his decease.

  2. To die.

    • After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased: and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.

  3. To cause to die.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA