Definition of Predeceased

1. Verb. (past of predecease) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Predeceased

1. predecease [v] - See also: predecease

Lexicographical Neighbors of Predeceased

predator bug
predator bugs
predatorily
predators
predatory
predatory animal
predatory pricing
predawn
predawns
predeal
predeath
predeaths
predebate
predecay
predecease
predeceased (current term)
predeceaser
predeceasers
predeceases
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predecessive
predecessor
predecessoress
predecessoresses
predecessors
predecessour
predecided
predecimal
predecimalisation
predecimalization

Literary usage of Predeceased

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1895)
"... courts now is in all *cases where the wife has predeceased her husband, to grant to the representatives of the husband alone letters of administration ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Baillie's Lett. i. lus. "I wrote to you at length of all our bygone proceedings." Ibid. p. 219. 2. Preceding ; equivalent to E. predeceased. ..."

3. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of the by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1842)
"The eldest son having predeceased his father without issue, .... James Anderson having predeceased his father, a competition arose between John Anderson, ..."

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