diest

Verb

die (third-person singular simple present dies, present participle dying, simple past and past participle died)

1. (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
   • Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away,
     Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
   1. (intransitive) followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use
      • He died of malaria.
   2. (intransitive) followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences
      • He died from heart failure.
   3. (intransitive) followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes
      • He died for the one he loved.
   4. (archaic, intransitive) followed by with as an indication of direct cause
      • Therefore let Benedicke like covered fire, / Consume away in sighes, waste inwardly: / It were a better death, to die with mockes, / Which is as bad as die with tickling.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
   5. (intransitive, proscribed, sometimes) followed by to as an indication of direct cause (like from)
      • I can't believe I just died to a turret!

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