DECAYER
De*cay"er, n.
Defn: A causer of decay. [R.]
DECEASE De*cease", n. Etym: [OE. deses, deces, F. décès, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See Cease, Cede.]
Defn: Departure, especially departure from this life; death.
His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke ix. 31.
And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease, Will with my mourning
plaints your plaint increase. Spenser.
Syn.
— Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See Death.
DECEASE
De*cease", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deceased; p. pr. & vb. n. Deceasing.]
Defn: 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.
DECEASED
De*ceased", a.
Defn: Passed away; dead; gone. The deceased, the dead person.
DECEDE
De*cede", v. i. Etym: [L. decedere. See Decease, n.]