De·cease, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deceased p. pr. & vb. n. Deceasing.] To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.
    She's dead, deceased, she's dead.   --Shak.
    When our summers have deceased.   --Tennyson.
    Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature.   --Emerson.

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