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English Dictionary: decease	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for decease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decease n the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" Synonym(s): death, decease, expiry Antonym(s): birth, nascence, nascency, nativity v pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" Synonym(s): die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it Antonym(s): be born
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decease \De*cease"\, n. [OE. deses, deces, F. d[82]c[8a]s, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See {Cease}, {Cede}.] Departure, especially departure from this life; death. His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. --Luke ix. 31. And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease, Will with my mourning plaints your plaint increase. --Spenser. Syn: Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See {Death}.
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.