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L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See {Cease}, {Cede}.] Departure, especially departure from this life; death. [1913 Webster] 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 De*cease", 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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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

