‘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.
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Predecease
//ˌpɹiːdəˈsiːs//
Synonyms for "predecease"
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4 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- умирам преди verb (to die sooner than)
French
2 entries- prédécès noun (anterior death)
- prédécéder verb (to die sooner than)
Italian
1 entries- premorienza noun (anterior death)
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Husbands usually predecease their wives.
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Frederick, Prince of Wales, predeceased his father and never became king.
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If children prædeceaſe progenitours, / VVe are their ofſpring and they none of ours.
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