predecease

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ decease

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

predecease (plural predeceases)

1. The death of one person or thing before another.
   • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

     "PRIVATE: for the hands of G. J. Utterson ALONE, and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,"

Translations

anterior death

• French: prédécès (fr) m
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• Italian: premorienza f

Verb

1. (transitive) To die sooner than.

   Husbands usually predecease their wives.

   • Shakespeare

     If children predecease progenitors.

Antonyms

• (die sooner than): outlive, survive

Translations

to die sooner than

• French: prédécéder (fr)
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