How do you use Decease in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like pass or expire, plus the exact meaning.
Decease meaning
Death, departure from life.
Synonyms of Decease
Using Decease
- The main meaning on this page is: Death, departure from life.
- Useful related words include: die down, pass, expire, pass away.
Context around Decease
- Average sentence length in these examples: 36.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Decease
- In this selection, "decease" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 36.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sad and professional stand out and add context to how "decease" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include form of decease as in and her sad decease has passed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "decease" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with decease
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As a polite reference to a dead person, it has become common practice to use the participle form of "decease", as in the deceased; another noun form is decedent. (29 words)
The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough harassment on somebody who is simply on the thin edge anyway, well knowing that he is not authorized, will generally be sufficient to cause his professional decease. (38 words)
Baker, 321 Within a week of her death, her New York editor Horace Greeley suggested to Emerson that a biography of Fuller, to be called Margaret and Her Friends, be prepared quickly "before the interest excited by her sad decease has passed away". (43 words)
Baker, 321 Within a week of her death, her New York editor Horace Greeley suggested to Emerson that a biography of Fuller, to be called Margaret and Her Friends, be prepared quickly "before the interest excited by her sad decease has passed away". (43 words)
The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough harassment on somebody who is simply on the thin edge anyway, well knowing that he is not authorized, will generally be sufficient to cause his professional decease. (38 words)
As a polite reference to a dead person, it has become common practice to use the participle form of "decease", as in the deceased; another noun form is decedent. (29 words)
Example sentences (3)
As a polite reference to a dead person, it has become common practice to use the participle form of "decease", as in the deceased; another noun form is decedent.
Baker, 321 Within a week of her death, her New York editor Horace Greeley suggested to Emerson that a biography of Fuller, to be called Margaret and Her Friends, be prepared quickly "before the interest excited by her sad decease has passed away".
The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough harassment on somebody who is simply on the thin edge anyway, well knowing that he is not authorized, will generally be sufficient to cause his professional decease.