decease
verb
- to die
noun
- departure from life
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪˈsiːs/
noun
Etymology: From Old French deces (Modern French décès), from Latin dēcessus (“departure”).
- 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”).
- To die.
“After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased: and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.”
- To cause to die.