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Webster 1913 Edition
Predecease
Preˊde-cease
,Verb.
T.
To die sooner than.
“If children predecease progenitors.” Shak.
Pre′de-ceaseˊ
,Noun.
The death of one person or thing before another.
[R.]
Brougham.
Webster 1828 Edition
Predecease
PREDECE'ASE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
predecease
predecease
English
Noun
predecease (plural predeceases)
- The death of one person or thing before another.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
- "PRIVATE: for the hands of G. J. Utterson ALONE, and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,"
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
Translations
anterior death
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Verb
predecease (third-person singular simple present predeceases, present participle predeceasing, simple past and past participle predeceased)
- (transitive) To die sooner than.
- Husbands usually predecease their wives.
- Shakespeare
- If children predecease progenitors.
Antonyms
Translations
to die sooner than
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