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de⋅cease

  [di-sees] noun, verb, -ceased, -ceas⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the act of dying; departure from life; death.
–verb (used without object)
2. to depart from life; die.
Origin:
1300–50; (n.) ME deces < OF < L dēcessus departure, death, equiv. to dēced-, var. s. of dēcēdere to go away (dē- de- + cēdere to go; see cede ) + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > s; (v.) late ME decesen, deriv. of the n.
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de·cease   (dĭ-sēs')   
intr.v.   de·ceased, de·ceas·ing, de·ceas·es
To die.
n.  The act of dying; death.

[Middle English decesen, from deces, death, from Old French, from Latin dēcessus, departure, death, from past participle of dēcēdere, to depart, die : dē-, de- + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]
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Decease

De*cease"\, n. [OE. deses, deces, F. d['e]c[`e]s, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See Cease, Cede.] 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.

Decease

De*cease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deceased; p. pr. & vb. n. Deceasing.] 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.
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decease 
c.1330, from Fr. deces, from L. decessus "death," lit. "departure" (euphemism for mors), from pp. stem of decedere "die," from de- "away" + cedere "go" (see cede). Still used with a tinge of euphemism.
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Main Entry: de·cease
Pronunciation: di-'sEs
Function: noun
: departure from life : DEATH —decease intransitive verb de·ceased; de·ceas·ing
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