decease

[dih-sees]

noun

1. the act of dying; departure from life; death.

verb (used without object)

deceased, deceasing 

1. to depart from life; die.

decease

/ dɪˈsiːs /

noun

1. a more formal word for death

verb

1. (intr) a more formal word for die 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of decease¹

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; cede ) + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > s; (v.) late Middle English decesen, derivative of the noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of decease¹

C14 (n): from Old French deces, from Latin dēcēdere to depart

Example Sentences

"We hoped and expected that maybe 15 to 20 out of the 28 deceased hostages would be released, but that didn't happen. Only four were announced," Mr Cooper said.

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Israel insists Hamas can have no role in a future Gaza government and must hand back the remains of 24 more deceased hostages and eventually disarm.

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Though the releases went largely as planned, Israel's hostage families expressed outrage that Hamas said it would only return the bodies of four of the deceased hostages.

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They were freed as part of an exchange in which 20 Israeli hostages were released by Hamas, with the remains of some deceased hostages also expected to be released.

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The last 20 of the Israeli hostages have been released and are now back in Israel, and Hamas is due to hand over the remains of up to 28 deceased hostages.

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