DECEASE, DECEASED
ADJECTIVES
1425 — BYPAST deceased, departed; that has passed out of life → obs.
1431 — UMQUHILE • UMWHILE now deceased; said of persons → obs.
1440 — OBIT deceased, departed, dead → obs.
1801 — WITH THE ANGELS deceased, dead
1927 — CEASED deceased, dead → Amer. dial.
1942 — CEASDED deceased → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — DISEASED deceased → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1814 — DEAR DEPARTED a deceased person → US euphemism
1935 — HEARSE-CHASER a person who preys on the relatives of newly deceased people, esp. by claiming there are outstanding bills to be paid → US criminals’ sl.
PHRASES
1945 — GONE OVER THE RANGE deceased → US Western usage (Bk.)
VERBS
..971 — I-WITE to decease, to die → obs.
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