Decease Definition

dĭ-sēs
deceased, deceases, deceasing
verb
deceased, deceases, deceasing
To die.
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noun
deceases
Death.
Webster's New World

(formal) Death.

Wiktionary

(obsolescent) Departure, especially departure from this life.

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Origin of Decease

  • Middle English decesen from deces death from Old French from Latin dēcessus departure, death from past participle of dēcēdere to depart, die dē- de- cēdere to go ked- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French deces (French décès).

    From Wiktionary

Decease Sentence Examples

  • The predominance of his family in Siena did not last long after his decease.

  • The creditor may demand the arazi-memuru to proceed to a forced sale, but the arazi-memuru is not obliged to comply with that demand; no forced sale may take place after the decease of the debtor.

  • Burgers himself left the Transvaal a disappointed, heart-broken man, and a deathbed statement published some time after his decease throws a lurid light on the intrigues which arose before and after annexation.

  • On the decease of his parents in 1838 he was received into the Casa Barolo, where he remained till his death, assisting the marchesa in her charities, and writing chiefly upon religious themes.

  • This constitution was sanctioned by the prince regent, afterwards King George IV.; but it was out of harmony with the new and liberal ideas which prevailed in Europe, and it hardly survived George's decease in 1830.

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