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deceased, ppl. a.
(dɪˈsiːst, poet. dɪˈsiːsɪd)
Forms: see decease v.; also 7 deceast.
[f. decease v. + -ed1. From the intermixture of the prefixes de- and dis-, and of the letters c and s, it was frequently written diseased.]
1. a. That has departed this life, dead, ‘departed’; esp. lately dead, ‘late’.
c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon ix. 227 After that a man is ones decessed. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxliv. 364 The bysshop of Wynchestre discessed..was chancellour of England. 1564Grindal Fun. Serm. Pr. Ferd. Wks. (1843) 10 [He] highly commended the parties discessed. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 63 The deceased ghost of him that loved you. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xxxviii. 242 Those deceased Giants. 1762Goldsm. Cit. W. xii, There..I shall see justice done to deceased merit. 1810Wordsw. Ess. Epitaphs Wks. (1888) 814/1 The character of a deceased friend. 1893Law Times XCV. 82/1 The heir of a deceased licence-holder.
fig.1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iii. i. 81 Figuring the nature of the Times deceas'd.
b. deceased wife's sister question: the question of a widower's marrying the sister of his deceased wife, such a marriage being legal in some countries and illegal in others.
c. transf. Of a deceased person.
1906Times 29 Aug. 11/2 London and North-Western stock was noticeably plentiful for delivery, and was said to have been sold heavily during the account on behalf of a deceased estate.
2. absol.
†a. pl. the deceased: those who are dead, the dead (obs.).
b. The person (lately) dead, or whose death is in question.
1625Massinger New Way v. i, It might have argued me of little love To the deceased. 1648Milton Ps. lxxxviii. 42 Shall the deceas'd arise? 1751Smollett Per. Pic. civ, He..sealed up all the papers of the deceased. 1840C. Pelham Chron. Crime (1886) II. 349 An inquest was held upon the remains of deceased at the Dog and Gun. 1841Lytton Nt. & Morn. i. i, Mr. Jones..promised to read the burial-service over the deceased. |