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Meaning of PREDECEASE

Pronunciation:  `preedi'sees

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"
 
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 See Also: decease, die, exit, expire, go, pass, pass away, perish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Pre`de*cease\, v. t.
To die sooner than. ``If children predecease progenitors.''
--Shak.

  2. \Pre"de*cease`\, n.
The death of one person or thing before another. [R.]
--Brougham.
 

 

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