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predeceases

predeceases is the plural of predecease.

predeceases is the third-person singular simple present indicative of predecease.

Meaning of predecease

Noun

predecease (plural predeceases)

  1. The death of one person or thing before another.
    • ‘Private: for the hands of J. G. Utterson alone and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,’ so it was emphatically superscribed; and the lawyer to behold the contents.1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 59–60

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Questions about predeceases

What is predeceases the plural of?
Predeceases is the plural of predecease.

Words near predeceases in the dictionary

  1. predecay
  2. predecease
  3. predeceased
  4. predeceaser
  5. predeceasers
  6. predeceases
  7. predeceasing
  8. predecess
  9. predecessed
  10. predecesses
  11. predecessing

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