| 释义 |
Noun: decease di'sees- The event of dying or departure from life
"upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
- death, expiry
Verb: decease di'sees- Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- die, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm [N. Amer], conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it, pop one's clogs
Derived forms: deceased, deceasing, deceases See also: decedent [US] Type of: alteration, change, change state, modification, turn Encyclopedia: Decease |