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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECE'ASE, n. [L. to depart or to withdraw.] Literally, departure; hence, departure from this life; death; applied to human beings only.
Moses and Elias, who appeared in glory, and spoke of his decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke 9.
DECE'ASE, v.i. To depart from this life; to die.
Gen. Washington deceased, December 14, 1799, in the 68th year of his age.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" [syn: death, decease, expiry] [ant: birth, nascence, nascency, nativity] v
1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English deces, from Anglo-French, from Latin decessus departure, death, from decedere to depart, die, from de- + cedere to go Date: 14th century departure from life ; death • decease intransitive verb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. formal esp. Law --n. death. --v.intr. die. Etymology: ME f. OF deces f. L decessus f. decedere (as DE-, cedere cess- go)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Decease De*cease", n. [OE. deses, deces, F. d['e]c[`e]s, 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. And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease, Will with my mourning plaints your plaint increase. --Spenser. Syn: Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See Death.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Decease De*cease", v. 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. --Shak. When our summers have deceased. --Tennyson. Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature. --Emerson.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Demise, dying. See death. II. v. n. Depart. See die.

Moby Thesaurus

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