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decease

[dih-sees] / dɪˈsis /




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In the capillaries and veins, the blood pressure continues to decease but velocity increases.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Yet here I hardly know whether I should divulge one little item of rumor, which came to my ear a few months after the scrivener’s decease.

From Slate Oct. 22, 2015

No, we don't mean Margaret Thatcher, though her decease prompted ruminations about her cinematic era and the effect it's had since.

From The Guardian Apr. 11, 2013

I advance personally, solely to you ... decease calls me forth.”

From Slate Mar. 19, 2013

That night, I listened with care to his breathing as he slept; and I thought on final words, and that he did not believe he had a soul that would survive his decease.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Further testing for communicable deceases is being performed.”

From Time Oct. 29, 2015

Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him he so far deceases from nature.

From Essays — First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Consciousness is a production which results from the fermentation and elaboration of unconscious materials; and after a time it deceases, its conditions crumbling into their inorganic grounds again.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature.

From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Edna Henry Lee Turpin

His soul dwells in the outside of him, like that of a hollow tree, and if you do but peel the bark off him he deceases immediately.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

“Medical personnel attempted lifesaving measures, but the suspect was pronounced deceased at the scene,” the department said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Arday, 41, was found unresponsive Friday afternoon at an address in south London, according to the capital's Metropolitan Police Service, which did not confirm the identity of the deceased person discovered.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

In the meantime, the homeowner’s insurance policy is still in the names of the deceased parents, and she has not yet made any changes to the policy.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The head of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, confirmed the strike and shared his condolences with the families of the deceased.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Sukey was lately owned by L. B. Pearce, Esq. and formerly belonged to William M. Heritage, deceased.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

But the report warns that perceptions of deceasing security of supply could potentially deter investment.

From BBC Nov. 26, 2014

From Nicholas, is descended Carew of Haccumb, who by vertue of this entayle, succeeded also to Hughs portion, as deceasing issuelesse.

From The Survey of Cornwall And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue by Richard Carew

Beyond a question; since Paul stateth, in his missive, that he saw much of this same ambassador, living greatly in his society, Eugenius deceasing as lately as 1477.

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by J. Fenimore Cooper

He gaue vnto his sonne Simeon the prouinces of Vvlodimiria and Moscouia: which Simeon deceasing without issue his brother Iohn succeeded, who begate a son called Demetrius.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Richard Hakluyt

Sinaus and Truuor deceasing without issue, Rurek succeeded and left a sonne behinde him named Igor; who not being of sufficient yeres to beare rule, was committed vnto the protection of his kinsman Olechus.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Richard Hakluyt




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