Decease

DECE'ASE, noun [Latin to depart or to withdraw.] Literally, departure; hence, departure from this life; death; applied to human beings only.

Moses and Elias, who appeared in glory, and spoke of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. [[Luke 9#31|Luke 9:31]].

DECE'ASE, verb intransitive To depart from this life; to die.

Gen. Washington deceased, December 14, 1799, in the 68th year of his age.