DECEASE
death, decease, expiry
(noun) the event of dying or departure from life; “her death came as a terrible shock”; “upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren”
die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
(verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; “She died from cancer”; “The children perished in the fire”; “The patient went peacefully”; “The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
decease (countable and uncountable, plural deceases)
(formal) Death, departure from life.
Verb
decease (third-person singular simple present deceases, present participle deceasing, simple past and past participle deceased)
(now, rare) To die.
Usage notes
The noun and verb forms are much less commonly used than the participial adjective "deceased", particularly outside formal, literary, or legal usage.
Synonyms
• See also die
Source: Wiktionary
De*cease", n. Etym: [OE. deses, deces, F. décès, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See Cease, Cede.]
Definition: Departure, especially departure from this life; death. His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke ix. 31. 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.
De*cease", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deceased; p. pr. & vb. n. Deceasing.]
Definition: To depart from this life; to die; to pass away. She's dead, deceased, she's dead. Shak. When our summers have deceased. Tennyson. Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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