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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who is no longer alive;
- Example: "I wonder what the dead person would have done"
[syn: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. dead;
- Example: "he is deceased"
- Example: "our dear departed friend"
[syn: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Decease \De*cease"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deceased; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Deceasing.]
   To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.
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         She's dead, deceased, she's dead.        --Shak.
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         When our summers have deceased.          --Tennyson.
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         Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with
         him, he so far deceases from nature.     --Emerson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Deceased \De*ceased"\, a.
   Passed away; dead; gone.
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   The deceased, the dead person.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deceased
    adj 1: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn:
           asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased,
           departed, gone]
    n 1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead
         person would have done" [syn: dead person, dead soul,
         deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed]