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Definition of decease noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

decease

noun

/dɪˈsiːs/

/dɪˈsiːs/

[uncountable] (law or formal)

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the death of a person
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French deces, from Latin decessus ‘death’, past participle (used as a noun) of decedere ‘to die’.

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