decease
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decease
- /dɪˈsiːs/
Rhymes with -iːs
Where it comes from
From Old French deces (Modern French décès), from Latin dēcessus (“departure”).
noun deceases
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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 […]
Similar: demise, quietus, death, end, tomb, celestial transfer, decease, decomposition, defunction, dematerialization, dirt nap, doom
verb deceases · deceasing · deceased
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To die.
After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased: and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.
Similar: expire, perish, assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be like the the One, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord, bite the big one, bite the biscuit
- To cause to die.
Translations
Every language
noun departure, especially departure from this life; death
| Español | fallecimiento, deceso, óbito, defunción, fenecimiento, perecimiento |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 他界 takai, 物故 bukko, 死去 shikyo |
| 中文 | 死亡 sǐwáng |
| Português | falecimento |
| Français | décès |
| Deutsch | Ableben, Exitus, Hinschied |
| Italiano | decesso |
| العربية | رحل عن الحياة |
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