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decease
/dɪˈsiːs/
verb 2noun 1
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2PREP.
after, with
ADV.
again
Definitions
noun
1
Death, departure from life.
So should that beauty which you hold in lease Find no determination: then you were Yourself again after yourself's decease […]
I thought about my predecessor, who had died of drink and smoke; and I could have wished he had been so good as to live, and not bother me with his decease.
verb
1
To die.
After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased: and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.
2
To cause to die.
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So should that beauty which you hold in lease Find no determination: then you were Yourself again after yourself's decease […]
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I thought about my predecessor, who had died of drink and smoke; and I could have wished he had been so good as to live, and not bother me with his decease.
Wiktionary03
After which usurped victorie, he presently deceased: and partly through the excessive joy he thereby conceived.
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