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Definition of Dying
1. Adjective. In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be. "A dying civilization"
2. Noun. The time when something ends. "A dying of old hopes"
Group relationships: Life, Life-time, Lifespan, Lifetime
Specialized synonyms: Grave
Generic synonyms: End, Ending
Antonyms: Birth
Derivative terms: Die, Die
3. Adjective. Eagerly desirous. "Dying to hear who won"
Definition of Dying
1. a. In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies.
2. n. The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of life.
Definition of Dying
1. Adjective. Approaching death; about to die; moribund; ¹
2. Adjective. Declining, or drawing to an end. ¹
3. Adjective. Pertaining to the moments before death ¹
4. Adjective. (qualifier stand-up comedy) Failing to evoke laughter from the audience. ¹
5. Adjective. Expressing strong desire ¹
6. Noun. (context: plurale tantum) Those who are currently expiring, moribund. ¹
7. Noun. The process of approaching death; ''or, less precisely'', death itself. ¹
8. Verb. (present participle of die) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dying
1. a passing out of existence [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dying
Literary usage of Dying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Again the concrete notion of the dying tree or dying vegetation would by a similar
process of generalisation glide into a notion of death in general; ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Formerly Viaticum was usually administered under the species of bread, because
the Blessed Sacrament, which was to be carried to the house of the dying ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"(1) Tenant dying without any relations at all; (2) Tenant dying without relations
representing ancestor from whom estate descended; ..."
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