decease
noun
the act of dying; departure from life; death.
had deceased
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past perfectof decease.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Just looking at her, I knew that she had deceased.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2016
It seems legitimate to connect this mark of royal favour with the fact that at the beginning of the preceding month Lord Burghley had deceased.
From The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 by Spenser, Edmund
His first wife who had deceased some years before was a sister of Margaret Breckinridge, and the second who survived him was her cousin.
From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Bellows, Henry W.
Her father, Sir John, had deceased a few months before Mr. Johnstone presented himself.
From Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Laramie, according to My Lady, also once had been, as she styled it, “a live town,” but had deceased in favor of Benton.
From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton
