Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
die before;
die earlier than;
- Example: "She predeceased her husband"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Predecease \Pre`de*cease\, v. t.
To die sooner than. "If children predecease progenitors."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Predecease \Pre"de*cease`\, n.
The death of one person or thing before another. [R.]
--Brougham.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
predecease
v 1: die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"