Decease meaning

dĭ-sēs'
To die.
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The act of dying; death.
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Death.
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To die.
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To die.
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The act of dying; death.
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(formal) Death.
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(obsolescent) Departure, especially departure from this life.
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(now rare) To die.
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Origin of decease

Middle English decesen from deces death from Old French from Latin dēcessus departure, death from past participle of dēcēdere to depart, die dē- de- cēdere to go ked- in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • al-Ilanafiya, and at his decease his son Abu Hashim, from whom Mahommed b.

  • Some four months prior to the Mahommed Shahs decease orasan.

  • He was the intimate friend of William III., and after the decease of the king continued to carry out his policy during the stadtholderless.

  • Burgers himself left the Transvaal a disappointed, heart-broken man, and a deathbed statement published some time after his decease throws a lurid light on the intrigues which arose before and after annexation.

  • On the decease of the founder of the club, the members agreed to purchase a silver cup to be run for annually, and it was intended to pass from one to the other, like the whip at Newmarket, but before starting for it, in the year 1792, it was decided that the winner of the cup should keep it and that one should be annually purchased to be run for in November.

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