GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Decease , n. [OE. deses, deces, F. décès, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See Cease, Cede.] Departure, especially departure from this life; death.
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   His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
   Luke ix. 31.
   
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   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.
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   Decease, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deceased ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deceasing.] To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.
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   She's dead, deceased, she's dead.
   Shak.
   
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   When our summers have deceased.
   Tennyson.
   
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   Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature.
   Emerson.
   
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