Predecease

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːs

Origin

- + decease

Full definition of predecease

Noun

1. The death of one person or thing before another.
• 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde"PRIVATE: for the hands of G. J. Utterson ALONE, and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,"

Verb

1. (transitive) To die sooner than.Husbands usually predecease their wives.
• ShakespeareIf children predecease progenitors.

Antonyms

• (die sooner than) outlive, survive