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de·ceased

   [dih-seest]
adjective
1.
no longer living; dead.
noun
2.
the deceased,
a.
the particular dead person or persons referred to.
b.
dead persons collectively: to speak well of the deceased.

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Origin:
1480–90; decease + -ed2

Related forms
un·de·ceased, adjective

Can be confused: deceased, diseased.

Synonyms
1. See dead.

Example Sentences
  • Other objects revealed the deceased's social status.
  • My condolences to the families of the deceased.
  • The scientists evaluated the femurs (or thigh bones) of 121 deceased men for whom they had both weight and height.
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de·cease

   [dih-sees] noun, verb, -ceased, -ceas·ing.
noun
1.
the act of dying; departure from life; death.
verb (used without object)
2.
to depart from life; die.
Origin:
1300–50; (noun) Middle English deces < Old French < Latin dēcessus departure, death, equivalent to dēced-, variant stem of dēcēdere to go away (dē- de- + cēdere to go; see cede) + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > s; (v.) late Middle English decesen, derivative of the noun
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deceased (dɪˈsiːst)
 
—adj
a.  a more formal word for dead
 b.  (as noun): the deceased

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decease
early 14c., from Fr. deces, from L. decessus "death," lit. "departure" (euphemism for mors), from pp. stem of decedere "die," lit. "to go down, depart," from de- "away" + cedere "go" (see cede). Still used with a tinge of euphemism.
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deceased
late 15c., pp. adj. from decease (q.v.). Meaning "dead person, those who are dead," from early 17c.
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