deceased
 (a.)已故的


 De·ceased a. Passed away; dead; gone.
 The deceased, the dead person.

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 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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 deceased
      adj : dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: asleep(p),
             at peace(p), at rest(p), departed, gone]
      n : someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead
          person would have done" [syn: dead person, dead soul,
           deceased person, decedent, departed]