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Predecease

//ˌpɹiːdəˈsiːs// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The death of one person or thing before another.

    "‘Private: for the hands of J. G. Utterson alone and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,’ so it was emphatically superscribed; and the lawyer to behold the contents."

Verb
  1. 1
    To die sooner than. transitive

    "Husbands usually predecease their wives."

  2. 2
    die before; die earlier than wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pre- + decease.

Etymology 2

From pre- + decease.

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