Decease

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dɪˈsiːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Origin

From Old French deces (French décès).

Noun

1. (formal) death
2. (obsolescent) Departure, especially departure from this life

Full definition of decease

Verb

1. (now rare) To die.
• 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.17:After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased: and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.

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Usage notes

The noun and verb forms are much less commonly used than the participial adjective "deceased," particularly outside formal, literary, or legal usage.