Deceased

Deceased
Decease De*cease", v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deceased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deceasing}.] To depart from this life; to die; to pass away. [1913 Webster]

She's dead, deceased, she's dead. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

When our summers have deceased. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]


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  • deceased — I adjective bereft of life, dead, defunct, demised, departed, deprived of life, destitute of life, devoid of life, exanimate, former, late, lifeless, no longer living, passed away, passed on, perished associated concepts: dead man s statute,… …   Law dictionary

  • deceased — de‧ceased [dɪˈsiːst] noun the deceased formal the person who has died or the people who have died: • These circumstances had not been foreseen by the deceased when the will was made. deceased adjective : • Relatives of the deceased employees did… …   Financial and business terms

  • Deceased — Deceased..., oft auch nur Deceased (engl. für „ableben“) ist eine Metal Band aus Arlingtion, Virginia, USA. Deceased... Gründung 1984 Genre Death Metal bis Mitte der 1990er, Thrash Metal/Heavy Metal bis heute Website …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Deceased... — Deceased..., oft auch nur Deceased (engl. für „ableben“) ist eine Metal Band aus Arlingtion, Virginia, USA. Deceased... Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Death Metal bis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Deceased — De*ceased , a. Passed away; dead; gone. [1913 Webster] {The deceased}, the dead person. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deceased — formal or Law ► NOUN (the deceased) ▪ the recently dead person in question. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ recently dead …   English terms dictionary

  • deceased — [dē sēst′, disēst′] adj. dead SYN. DEAD the deceased the dead person or persons …   English World dictionary

  • deceased — late 15c., pp. adjective from DECEASE (Cf. decease). As a verbal noun meaning dead person, those who are dead, from early 17c …   Etymology dictionary

  • deceased — departed, late, *dead, defunct, lifeless, inanimate …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • deceased — [adj] dead asleep, bit the dust*, cold*, defunct, departed, exanimate, expired, extinct, finished, former, gave up the ghost*, gone, inanimate, kicked the bucket*, late, lifeless, lost, passed on, pushing up daisies*; concept 539 Ant. alive, born …   New thesaurus

  • deceased — [[t]dɪsi͟ːst[/t]] (deceased is both the singular and the plural form.) 1) N COUNT: the N The deceased is used to refer to a particular person or to particular people who have recently died. [LEGAL] The Navy is notifying next of kin now that the… …   English dictionary

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