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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decease \De*cease"\, n. [OE. deses, deces, F. d['e]c[`e]s, fr L. decessus departure, death, fr decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See {Cease}, {Cede}.] Departure, especially departure from this life; death. His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. --Luke ix 31. And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease, Will with my mourning plaints your plaint increase. --Spenser. Syn: Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See {Death}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: decease n : the event of dying or departure from life: "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" [syn: {death}] [ant: {birth}] v : pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully" [syn: {die}, {perish}, {go}, {exit}, {pass away}, {expire}] [ant: {be born}]
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