10 definitions found for deceased

Deceased DECE'ASED, pp. or a. Departed from life. This is used as a passive participle. He is deceased, for he has deceased; he was deceased, for he had deceased. This use of the participle of an intransitive verb is not infrequent, but the word omitted is really has. He has deceased. It is properly an adjective, like dead.

deceased adj 1: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone] n 1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" [syn: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed]

deceased I. adjective Date: 15th century no longer living; especially recently dead — used of persons Synonyms: see dead II. noun (plural deceased) Date: 1548 a dead person <the will of the deceased>

deceased
adj. & n. formal
--adj. dead.
--n. (usu. prec. by the) a person who has died, esp. recently.

deceased (deceased) 1. The deceased is used to refer to a particular person or to particular people who have recently died. (LEGAL) The identities of the deceased have now been determined. N-COUNT: the N 2. A deceased person is one who has recently died. (FORMAL) ...his recently deceased mother. ADJ

deceased dɪˈsi:st adj. & n. formal --adj. dead. --n. (usu. prec. by the) a person who has died, esp. recently.

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.

Deceased \De*ceased"\, a. Passed away; dead; gone. The deceased, the dead person.

deceased a. Dead, defunct, departed, gone, lost, late.

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