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deceasing

deceasing is the present participle and gerund of decease.

Meaning of decease

Verb

decease (third-person singular simple present deceases, present participle deceasing, simple past and past participle deceased)

  1. (archaic) To die.
    • After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased: and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    expire, perish, assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be like the the One, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord
  2. (formal, transitive) To cause to die.

See all 3 meanings of decease

Questions about deceasing

What is deceasing the present participle and gerund of?
Deceasing is the present participle and gerund of decease.

Words near deceasing in the dictionary

  1. deceaseds
  2. deceaser
  3. deceasers
  4. deceases
  5. deceaseth
  6. deceasing
  7. deceave
  8. deceaved
  9. deceaves
  10. deceaving
  11. decede

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