- deceased
- deceased late 15c., pp. adjective from DECEASE (Cf. decease). As a verbal noun meaning "dead person, those who are dead," from early 17c.
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deceased — I adjective bereft of life, dead, defunct, demised, departed, deprived of life, destitute of life, devoid of life, exanimate, former, late, lifeless, no longer living, passed away, passed on, perished associated concepts: dead man s statute,… … Law dictionary
deceased — de‧ceased [dɪˈsiːst] noun the deceased formal the person who has died or the people who have died: • These circumstances had not been foreseen by the deceased when the will was made. deceased adjective : • Relatives of the deceased employees did… … Financial and business terms
Deceased — Deceased..., oft auch nur Deceased (engl. für „ableben“) ist eine Metal Band aus Arlingtion, Virginia, USA. Deceased... Gründung 1984 Genre Death Metal bis Mitte der 1990er, Thrash Metal/Heavy Metal bis heute Website … Deutsch Wikipedia
Deceased... — Deceased..., oft auch nur Deceased (engl. für „ableben“) ist eine Metal Band aus Arlingtion, Virginia, USA. Deceased... Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Death Metal bis … Deutsch Wikipedia
Deceased — De*ceased , a. Passed away; dead; gone. [1913 Webster] {The deceased}, the dead person. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deceased — formal or Law ► NOUN (the deceased) ▪ the recently dead person in question. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ recently dead … English terms dictionary
deceased — [dē sēst′, disēst′] adj. dead SYN. DEAD the deceased the dead person or persons … English World dictionary
deceased — departed, late, *dead, defunct, lifeless, inanimate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
deceased — [adj] dead asleep, bit the dust*, cold*, defunct, departed, exanimate, expired, extinct, finished, former, gave up the ghost*, gone, inanimate, kicked the bucket*, late, lifeless, lost, passed on, pushing up daisies*; concept 539 Ant. alive, born … New thesaurus
deceased — [[t]dɪsi͟ːst[/t]] (deceased is both the singular and the plural form.) 1) N COUNT: the N The deceased is used to refer to a particular person or to particular people who have recently died. [LEGAL] The Navy is notifying next of kin now that the… … English dictionary
