decease
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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deceases,
present (3rd person singular)
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deceased,
past participle, past
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deceasing
present participle
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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deceasesimple
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deceasessimple
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have deceasedperfect
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has deceasedperfect
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am deceasingprogressive
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are deceasingprogressive
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is deceasingprogressive
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have been deceasingperfect progressive
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has been deceasingperfect progressive
Past
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deceasedsimple
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had deceasedperfect
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was deceasingprogressive
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were deceasingprogressive
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had been deceasingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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In the capillaries and veins, the blood pressure continues to decease but velocity increases.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Yet here I hardly know whether I should divulge one little item of rumor, which came to my ear a few months after the scrivener’s decease.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2015
No, we don't mean Margaret Thatcher, though her decease prompted ruminations about her cinematic era and the effect it's had since.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2013
I advance personally, solely to you ... decease calls me forth.”
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2013
I did not ask what she meant by “all being over,” but I suppose she referred to the expected decease of her mother and the gloomy sequel of funeral rites.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Further testing for communicable deceases is being performed.”
From Time ● Oct. 29, 2015
His soul dwells in the outside of him, like that of a hollow tree, and if you do but peel the bark off him he deceases immediately.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
Consciousness is a production which results from the fermentation and elaboration of unconscious materials; and after a time it deceases, its conditions crumbling into their inorganic grounds again.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him he so far deceases from nature.
From Essays — First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature.
From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Edna Henry Lee Turpin
Minns corrected himself shortly afterwards, and told the hearing that "Lily's body has been found" and she was deceased.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Medical personnel attempted lifesaving measures, but the suspect was pronounced deceased at the scene,” the department said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
A married father-of-two, Arday was discovered unresponsive Friday afternoon at an address in south London, according to the capital's Metropolitan Police, which has not confirmed the identity of the deceased person.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the meantime, the homeowner’s insurance policy is still in the names of the deceased parents, and she has not yet made any changes to the policy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Although both Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were deceased, other leaders were ready to step forward.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
But the report warns that perceptions of deceasing security of supply could potentially deter investment.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2014
He gaue vnto his sonne Simeon the prouinces of Vvlodimiria and Moscouia: which Simeon deceasing without issue his brother Iohn succeeded, who begate a son called Demetrius.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Richard Hakluyt
From Nicholas, is descended Carew of Haccumb, who by vertue of this entayle, succeeded also to Hughs portion, as deceasing issuelesse.
From The Survey of Cornwall And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue by Richard Carew
Beyond a question; since Paul stateth, in his missive, that he saw much of this same ambassador, living greatly in his society, Eugenius deceasing as lately as 1477.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by J. Fenimore Cooper
Sinaus and Truuor deceasing without issue, Rurek succeeded and left a sonne behinde him named Igor; who not being of sufficient yeres to beare rule, was committed vnto the protection of his kinsman Olechus.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Richard Hakluyt
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