decease

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the event of dying or departure from life
verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From Old French deces (Modern French décès), from Latin dēcessus (“departure”).

+ denotes date of decease. HENRY IV. — A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon : For the Use of Schools and Colleges, Lord, John
He evidently did not anticipate an immediate decease. — The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
By decease (change of state): by departure (change of place). — Ulysses, James Joyce

death, expiry

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