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“decease”
decease (verb), deceases; deceased; deceasing
1. The event or act of dying or a departure from life.
2. To pass from physical life and to lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
3. Etymology: from French deces, from Latin decessus. "death,"; literally, "departure", from the past participle stem of decedere "to die"; from de-, "away" + cedere "to go".
2. To pass from physical life and to lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
3. Etymology: from French deces, from Latin decessus. "death,"; literally, "departure", from the past participle stem of decedere "to die"; from de-, "away" + cedere "to go".
decease, disease
decease (di SEES) (noun)
Without life; death: The newspaper carried an article clarifying the decease of the popular doctor.
disease (di ZEEZ) (noun)
A condition that impairs the full and healthy functioning of an animal or plant: The crops in the field appeared to be dying of a disease which was turning the leaves brown.
The decease of the popular musician was caused by a very unusual disease.
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