DECEASED

deceased, at peace, at rest, asleep(p), departed, gone

(adjective) dead; “he is deceased”; “our dear departed friend”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

deceased (not comparable)

No longer alive, dead

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Belonging to the dead.

(legal) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with diseased (affected with or suffering from disease).

Synonyms

• (no longer alive): asleep (euphemistic), at peace (euphemistic), at rest (euphemistic), dead, departed (euphemistic), late, gone (euphemistic)

Noun

deceased (plural deceased or deceaseds)

A dead person.

(legal) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

Usage notes

Deceased or decedent is commonly used in legal and journalistic settings. Departed is most commonly used in religious settings.

Synonyms

• (dead person): dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed, late

• (plural: dead people): dead people, dead souls, deceased people, decedents, departed

Source: Wiktionary

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De*ceased", a.

Definition: Passed away; dead; gone. The deceased, the dead person.

DECEASE

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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