predecease
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiːdəˈsiːs/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English decease English predecease From pre- + decease.
- The death of one person or thing before another.
“‘Private: for the hands of J. G. Utterson alone and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,’ so it was emphatically superscribed; and the lawyer to behold the contents.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English decease English predecease From pre- + decease.
- To die sooner than.
“Husbands usually predecease their wives.”
“Frederick, Prince of Wales, predeceased his father and never became king.”