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Webster 1913 Edition
Decease
De-cease′
,Noun.
[OE.
deses
, deces
, F. décès
, 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.
Syn. – Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See
Death
. De-cease′
,Verb.
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. Shakespeare
When our summers have
deceased
. Tennyson.
Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far
deceases
from nature. Emerson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Decease
DECE'ASE
,Noun.