n. [ OE. deses, deces, F. décès, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See Cease, Cede. ] Departure, especially departure from this life; death. [ 1913 Webster ]

His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke ix. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease,
Will with my mourning plaints your plaint increase. Spenser.

Syn. -- Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See Death. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Deceased p. pr. & vb. n. Deceasing. ] To depart from this life; to die; to pass away. [ 1913 Webster ]

She's dead, deceased, she's dead. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

When our summers have deceased. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Passed away; dead; gone. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deceased, the dead person. [ 1913 Webster ]