Noun: decease di'sees
Usage: archaic
- The event of dying or departure from life
"upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren";
- death, expiry
Usage: archaic
- Cease to live
"The old man deceased peacefully in his sleep";
- die, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket [informal], cash in one's chips [informal], buy the farm [N. Amer, informal], conk [informal], give up the ghost [informal], drop dead [informal], pop off [informal], croak [informal], snuff it [informal], cash in [informal], cop it [Brit, informal], flatline [informal], pop one's clogs [informal], pass on
Derived forms: deceases, deceased, deceasing
Type of: alteration, change, change state, modification, turn
Encyclopedia: Decease