Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deceased"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decease \De*cease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deceased}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Deceasing}.]
To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.
She's dead, deceased, she's dead. --Shak.
When our summers have deceased. --Tennyson.
Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with
him, he so far deceases from nature. --Emerson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deceased \De*ceased"\, a.
Passed away; dead; gone.
{The deceased}, the dead person.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deceased
adj : (euphemistic) "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"
[syn: {asleep(p)}, {at peace(p)}, {at rest(p)}, {departed},
{gone}]
n : someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead
person would have done" [syn: {dead person}, {dead soul},
{deceased person}, {decedent}, {departed}]
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