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- Dictionaryde·cease/dəˈsēs/
noun
- 1. death: formal "a doctor's sudden decease"
verb
- 1. die: archaic "he deceased at his palace of Croydon"
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The meaning of DECEASE is departure from life : death. How to use decease in a sentence.
noun [ U ] formal uk / dɪˈsiːs / us / dɪˈsiːs / Add to word list. a person's death: The house will not be yours till after your mother's decease. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Death and dying. all-cause mortality. antemortem. bereave. bite. bleed out phrasal verb. coroner. death toll. ghost. have one foot in the grave idiom. macabre.
Decease definition: the act of dying; departure from life; death.. See examples of DECEASE used in a sentence.
noun [ U ] formal us / dɪˈsiːs / uk / dɪˈsiːs / Add to word list. a person's death: The house will not be yours till after your mother's decease. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Death and dying. all-cause mortality. antemortem. bereave. bite. bleed out. coroner. death toll. ghost. have one foot in the grave idiom. macabre. perish.
decease - 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" death , expiry
death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause. a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs.
noun. 1. the act of dying; departure from life; death. intransitive verb. 2. to depart from life; die. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin. [1300–50; (n.)
