predecease
to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).
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How to use predecease in a sentence
Funeral director Jennifer Budd said Warren Potas was predeceased by his parents Anthony and Blanche Potas.
Co-founder of D.C. LGBTQ Adventuring group Warren Potas dies at 73 | Lou Chibbaro Jr. | September 19, 2022 | Washington BladeEasley was predeceased by his parents, Tom Lee Easley and Lady Hampton Easley.
Law professor, LGBT rights advocate Joe Tom Easley dies at 81 | Lou Chibbaro Jr. | February 23, 2022 | Washington BladeShe is predeceased by her parents, John Neally McGirt and Julia Smith McGirt.
D.C. singer turned Broadway star Julia Nixon dies at 66 | Lou Chibbaro Jr. | October 5, 2021 | Washington BladeIn the course of nature he was almost bound to predecease her.
She Stands Accused | Victor MacClureSuppose she were to predecease—he would have the moon, and be unable to appreciate it.
Historic Oddities | Sabine Baring-Gould
As a general rule, legacies given to persons who predecease the testator do not take effect; they are said to lapse.
Mr. Rich died in April, 1891, having arranged that his bequest should not lapse in consequence of the predecease of my father.
It began to look as if The Eel's judges would predecease him.
The Eel | Miriam Allen DeFord
British Dictionary definitions for predecease
/ (ˌpriːdɪˈsiːs) /
to die before (some other person)
rare earlier death
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