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[ dih-seest ] / dɪˈsist / SEE SYNONYMS FOR deceased ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe deceased, - the particular dead person or persons referred to.
- dead persons collectively: to speak well of the deceased.
Origin of deceasedFirst recorded in 1480–90; decease + -ed2 synonym study for deceased1. See dead. OTHER WORDS FROM deceasedun·de·ceased, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH deceaseddeceased , diseasedWords nearby deceasedDeccan, deccan hemp, decd., dece, decease, deceased, decedent, decedent estate, deceit, deceitful, deceivable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for deceasedWhen Garfield moved to the big screen in 2004 and 2006, it was fitting for Bill Murray to replace the deceased actor. Garfield Television: The Cat Who Saved Primetime Cartoons|Rich Goldstein|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Byrne invented a deceased husband named William K. Richard and hid herself from census takers. Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST During the time of the pharaohs, such funerary vessels were used to store the organs of the deceased. 7 Historically Significant Artifacts Rescued by Happenstance|The Daily Beast|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST By 1915, mourning attire had begun to draw more attention to the mourner than to the deceased, drawing critics to the practice. The Best-Dressed Way to Say Goodbye|Justin Jones|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is at least one nurse under quarantine in Germany who treated the deceased doctor there. Europe’s Hidden Ebola Cases|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Found a heavy knotted piece of wood lying close to the deceased, and noticed that there was blood upon it. Within the Capes|Howard Pyle This was done in order to recall the names of the deceased, or at any rate to keep them propitious. A History of Mourning|Richard Davey They are generally confined to a mere statement of the name and rank of the deceased following the words “Hic jacet.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various Hence the hair of the deceased was consecrated to her, and her name invoked at funerals. Philothea|Lydia Maria Child If there is no will the survivor takes half and the heirs of the deceased half; if there are none he or she takes the whole. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV|Various
British Dictionary definitions for deceased
adjective- a more formal word for dead (def. 1)
- (as noun)the deceased
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to deceaseddeparted, gone, lost, finished, cold, former, expired, asleep, defunct, extinct, inanimate, late, lifeless, exanimate, passed on |