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English Dictionary: deceased by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deceased
adj
  1. dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone]
n
  1. someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"
    Synonym(s): dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Decease \De*cease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deceased}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Deceasing}.]
      To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.
  
               She's dead, deceased, she's dead.            --Shak.
  
               When our summers have deceased.               --Tennyson.
  
               Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with
               him, he so far deceases from nature.      --Emerson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deceased \De*ceased"\, a.
      Passed away; dead; gone.
  
      {The deceased}, the dead person.
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