Decease

  • 11decease — de|cease [dıˈsi:s] n [U] law death ▪ On your decease, the house passes to your wife …

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  • 12decease — noun (U) formal death: Upon your decease the house will pass to your wife …

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  • 13decease — noun, formal her decease was imminent Syn: death, dying, demise, end, passing, loss of life, quietus; informal curtains, croaking, snuffing; archaic expiry …

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  • 14decease — mirtis statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Reiškinys, kai išnykus svarbiausioms gyvybinėms organizmo funkcijoms (kvėpavimui, kraujotakai), nutrūksta centrinės nervų sistemos funkcijos, dingsta sąmonė, galvos smegenų refleksai ir …

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  • 15decease — /di sees /, n., v., deceased, deceasing. n. 1. the act of dying; departure from life; death. v.i. 2. to depart from life; die. [1300 50; (n.) ME deces < OF < L decessus departure, death, equiv. to deced , var. s. of decedere to go away (de DE +&#8230; …

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  • 16decease — 1. noun a) death b) Departure, especially departure from this life 2. verb to die …

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  • 17decease — Synonyms and related words: Z, annihilation, apodosis, bane, be lost, biological death, cash in, catastrophe, cease to be, cease to live, ceasing, cessation, cessation of life, clinical death, coda, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom,&#8230; …

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  • 18decease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See death. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. die, cease, perish, expire; see die 1 . See Synonym Study at die . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To cease living: demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go,&#8230; …

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  • 19decease — see PREDECESSOR …

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  • 20decease — de·cease || dɪ siːs n. act of dying v. die, depart from life, pass away …

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