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decease

/dɪˈsis/dih-SEES
/dɪˈsis/dih-SEES

Meaningto depart

Common meaning: death

Journey through time

  1. Latindecedere‘to depart’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsto depart → departure, deathdecessus‘departure, death’source
  3. Old Frenchdecessource
  4. Middle Englishdecessource
  5. Englishdecease‘death’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin decedere ‘to depart’.

Roots

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