decease

Definitions


[dɪˈsiːs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person's death
(e.g: he held the post until his untimely decease in 1991)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French deces, from Latin decessus ‘death’, past participle (used as a noun) of decedere ‘to die’


[dɪˈsiːs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- die
(e.g: he deceased at his palace of Croydon)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French deces, from Latin decessus ‘death’, past participle (used as a noun) of decedere ‘to die’




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