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Definition of Decease
1. Verb. Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
Specialized synonyms: Abort, Asphyxiate, Stifle, Suffocate, Buy It, Pip Out, Drown, Predecease, Famish, Starve, Fall, Succumb, Yield
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Related verbs: Break, Break Down, Conk Out, Die, Fail, Give Out, Give Way, Go, Go Bad, Die
Derivative terms: Decedent, Death, Death, Death, Death, Death, Death, Exit, Expiration, Going, Passing
Antonyms: Be Born
Also: Die Down, Die Down, Die Off, Die Out
2. Noun. The event of dying or departure from life. "Upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
Generic synonyms: Alteration, Change, Modification
Specialized synonyms: Crucifixion
Specialized synonyms: Fatality, Human Death, Martyrdom, Megadeath, Departure, Exit, Expiration, Going, Loss, Passing, Release, Wrongful Death
Antonyms: Birth
Derivative terms: Die, Die
Definition of Decease
1. n. Departure, especially departure from this life; death.
2. v. i. To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.
Definition of Decease
1. Noun. (formal) death ¹
2. Noun. (context: obsolescent) Departure, especially departure from this life ¹
3. Verb. (rare) To die. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decease
1. to die [v -CEASED, -CEASING, -CEASES] - See also: die
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decease
Literary usage of Decease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"... and from and after his decease to the heirs of his body, to take as tenants
in common and not as joint tenants; and in case of his decease without issue ..."
2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1856)
"Uniform annual premium for ten years or until prior decease, for a sum to bo paid
at decease, whenever it may happen. 2. Uniform annual premium payable ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1856)
"Uniform annual premium for ten years or until prior decease, for a sum to be paid
at decease, whenever it may happen. 2. Uniform annual premium payable ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams (1877)
"(p) Again, if there is a bequest to one for life, and after his decease to
A., and " in case of A.'s death " to B., the contingency is held case stands upon ..."
5. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Joseph Fitz Randolph, William Talcott (1881)
"... after his decease in trust to convey the same " unto or to participate.
amongst all and every and such one or more of the child or children of the said ..."
6. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"The decease of Augustus Parker was announced by Ex-President William H. Spooner and
... The Secretary announced the, decease, on the oth of December, 1900, ..."
7. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"On the 1st of April his lamented decease was announced by his colleague, Mr.
Butler. On that occasion Mr. Webster made the following remarks. ..."
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