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deceased

Pronunciation: /dɪˈsiːst/

The English word “deceased” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. No longer alive; dead.
  2. Belonging to the dead.
  3. One who has died.
  4. Overwhelmed to the point of being figuratively dead.

noun

  1. Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).
  2. One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

Etymology

From decease + -ed, from Middle English deceas via Old French [Term?], from Latin dēcessus (“departure”), equivalent to dēced-, variation of dēcēdō, dēcēdere (“to go away”).

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