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decease

verb

  1. to die
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noun

  1. departure from life
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈsiːs/

noun

Etymology: From Old French deces (Modern French décès), from Latin dēcessus (“departure”).

  1. Death, departure from life.

    So should that beauty which you hold in lease Find no determination: then you were Yourself again after yourself's decease […]

    I thought about my predecessor, who had died of drink and smoke; and I could have wished he had been so good as to live, and not bother me with his decease.

verb

Etymology: From Old French deces (Modern French décès), from Latin dēcessus (“departure”).

  1. To die.

    After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased: and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.

  2. To cause to die.