n. [ OE. deses, deces, F. décès, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See Cease, Cede. ] Departure, especially departure from this life; death. [ 1913 Webster ]

His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke ix. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease,
Will with my mourning plaints your plaint increase. Spenser.

Syn. -- Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See Death. [ 1913 Webster ]

Decease

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Deceased p. pr. & vb. n. Deceasing. ] To depart from this life; to die; to pass away. [ 1913 Webster ]

She's dead, deceased, she's dead. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

When our summers have deceased. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deceased

a. Passed away; dead; gone. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deceased, the dead person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT DictionaryCC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

先父

[先父, xiān fù, ㄒㄧㄢㄈㄨˋ]deceased father; my late father#55334[Add to Longdo]

先公

[先公, xiān gōng, ㄒㄧㄢㄍㄨㄥ]deceased father; deceased senior male figure#109841[Add to Longdo]

妣

[妣, bǐ, ㄅㄧˇ]deceased mother#125932[Add to Longdo]

先妣

[先妣, xiān bǐ, ㄒㄧㄢㄅㄧˇ]deceased mother; mother of an ancestor#224394[Add to Longdo]

先慈

[先慈, xiān cí, ㄒㄧㄢㄘˊ]deceased mother#306192[Add to Longdo]

亡母

[亡母, wáng mǔ, ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇ]deceased mother[Add to Longdo]

先大母

[先大母, xiān dà mǔ, ㄒㄧㄢㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄨˇ]deceased paternal grandmother[Add to Longdo]

丧妻

[丧妻 / 喪妻, sàng qī, ㄙㄤˋ ㄑㄧ]deceased wife[Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING DictionaryDING DE-EN Dictionary

Sterbefall { m } | Sterbefälle { pl }

decease | deceases[Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT JP-EN Dictionary

死

[し, shi](n, n-suf) (1) death; decease; (2) (arch) (See 五刑) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (P)#1412[Add to Longdo]

鬼

[おに(P);き, oni (P); ki](n) (1) ogre; demon; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) it (i.e. in a game of tag); (5) (き only) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (P)#1815[Add to Longdo]

死者

[ししゃ, shisha](n) casualty; deceased; (P)#4843[Add to Longdo]

故

[ゆえ, yue](pref) the late (deceased)#6374[Add to Longdo]

考

[こう, kou](n) (1) thought; (n-suf) (2) report on one's investigation into ...; (3) deceased father#7530[Add to Longdo]

精霊

[せいれい, seirei](n) { Buddh } spirit of the deceased#7803[Add to Longdo]

諱

[いみな;ただのみな, imina ; tadanomina](n) (1) real name (of a deceased person or a noble); (2) (いみな only) (See 贈り名) posthumous name#10570[Add to Longdo]

故人

[こじん, kojin](n) the deceased; old friend; (P)#12535[Add to Longdo]