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Showing words for DECEASE using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Decease
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Definitions for Decease
[1] the act of dying; departure from life; death.
[2] to depart from life; die.
[3] a more formal word for death
[4] (intr) a more formal word for die 1
Words related to Decease
curtains, dying, dissolution, departure, quietus, sleep, demise, release, passing, silence, depart, perish, die, drop, cease, pass, go, succumb, croak
Words nearby Decease
deccan, deccan hemp, decd, decd., dece, decease, deceased, decedent, decedent estate, deceit, deceitful
Origin of Decease
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
Word origin for Decease
C14 (n): from Old French deces, from Latin dēcēdere to depart
Synonyms for Decease
curtains, demise, departure, dissolution, dying, passing, quietus, release, silence, sleep, taps, buying the farm, defunction, grim reaper, passing away, passing over, the end