Decease

Word DECEASE
Character 7
Hyphenation de cease
Pronunciations /dɪˈsiːs/

Definitions and meanings of "Decease"

What do we mean by decease?

To die. intransitive verb

The act of dying; death. noun

Departure from life; death. noun

Synonyms Death, Decease, Demise. Death is the common term for the ending of life. Decease is slightly euphemistic; it is less forcible and harsh than death. Demise applies primarily to a sovereign, who at death sends down or transmits his title, etc. (see quotation from Blackstone, under demise), and hence to others with reference to the transmission of their possessions. The use of demise for death apart from this idea is figurative, euphemistic, or stilted. noun

To depart from life; die.

Synonyms Expire, etc. See die.

Departure, especially departure from this life; death. noun

To depart from this life; to die; to pass away. intransitive verb

Death noun

Departure, especially departure from this life noun

To die. verb

Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life verb

The event of dying or departure from life noun

Death, departure from life.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Decease

The word "decease" in example sentences

“O my son, the fated hour of my decease is at hand, and I desire to give thee my last injunctions.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

Every soul shall taste of death; 258 and now, O my son, my decease is at hand and I desire to charge thee with a charge, which if thou observe, thou shalt abide in safety and prosperity, till thou meet ❋ Unknown (2006)

When he returned home, he laid the five leaves in a box and locking it, gave the key to his wife (who then showed big with child), and said to her, Know that my decease is at hand and that the time draweth nigh for my translation from this abode temporal to the home which is eternal. ❋ Unknown (2006)

262 Many have remarked that the actual date of the decease is unknown. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"straw death," as they called decease from old age or sickness. ❋ Unknown (1894)

Prince was seventeen years old, the King sickened of a sore sickness and came nigh to die, so, being certified that his decease was at hand, he said to the people of his household, “This is disease of Death which is upon me; wherefore do ye summon my son and kith and kin and gather together the Grandees and Notables of my empire, so not one of them may remain except he be present.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

Enjoy: "Although King Fahd was sick and hospitalized, the announcement of his decease was a shock to every Arab citizen, who knew and loved him like we did, and to every Saudi citizen who enjoyed the security, peace, and prosperity under his rule." ❋ As'ad (2005)

The information for the Crown hints that her decease might be the consequence of the usage she received. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The French and Italian translation do render this word decease too loosely. ❋ 1602-1675 (1979)

His decease was a severe affliction to his family, a grief to his friends, and a subject of regret even to foreigners, and those who had no personal knowledge of him. ❋ Caius Cornelius Tacitus (N/A)

Wilt thou dare then, tell me, to call the Lord of these dead; whose servants even after their decease are the patrons of the kings of the world? ❋ Editor (1889)

"Death despises me now because he could not call my decease a victory." ❋ Lewis Wallace (1866)

His decease was the occasion of closing the store and throwing Benjamin out of business. ❋ Unknown (1859)

He divined that one of his enemy's purposes was to secure the personal property, as well as the estate, to his son, or rather himself; yet why he did not wait till his decease was a puzzle to my master, because ignorant how nearly he and his nephew would quit the world together. ❋ Unknown (1847)

He divined that one of his enemy's purposes was to secure the personal property, as well as the estate, to his son: or rather himself; yet why he did not wait till his decease was a puzzle to my master, because ignorant how nearly he and his nephew would quit the world together. ❋ Emily Bront�� (1833)

The expression translated in my text 'decease' is the same ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)

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