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Predecease definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREDECE'ASE, v.i. [pre and decease.] To die before.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"

Merriam Webster's

verb (-ceased; -ceasing) Date: 1593 transitive verb to die before (another person) intransitive verb to die first • predecease noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. die earlier than (another person). --n. a death preceding that of another.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Predecease Pre`de*cease, v. t. To die sooner than. ``If children predecease progenitors.'' --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Predecease Pre"de*cease`, n. The death of one person or thing before another. [R.] --Brougham.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(predeceases, predeceasing, predeceased) If one person predeceases another, they die before them. (FORMAL) His wife of 63 years, Mary, predeceased him by 11 months. VERB: V n