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Definition of predecease - 6 dictionary results

pre⋅de⋅cease

  [pree-di-sees]
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–verb (used with object), -ceased, -ceas⋅ing.
to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).
Origin:
1585–95; pre- + decease
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pre·de·cease   (prē'dĭ-sēs')   
tr.v.   pre·de·ceased, pre·de·ceas·ing, pre·de·ceas·es
To die before (another person).
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Predecease

Pre`de*cease\, v. t. To die sooner than. "If children predecease progenitors." --Shak.

Predecease

Pre"de*cease`\, n. The death of one person or thing before another. [R.] --Brougham.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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predecease  (v.)
1593, from pre- + decease (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: pre·de·cease
Pronunciation: "prE-di-'sEs
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -ceased; -ceas·ing
: to die before (another person) predeceases the parent>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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