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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