Predecease

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predecease \Pre`de*cease\, v. t.
     To die sooner than. "If children predecease progenitors."
     --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Predecease \Pre"de*cease`\, n.
     The death of one person or thing before another. [R.]
     --Brougham.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  predecease
       v : die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"