predeceased
past simple and past participle ofpredecease
predecease
verb[T]
lawformalorspecializeduk/ˌpriː.dɪˈsiːs/us/ˌpriː.diːˈsiːs/todiebefore someoneelse:
Herhusbandpredeceased her by fiveyears.
Death and dying
- be as dead as a doornailidiom
- bereave
- bite
- bleed out
- buy the farmidiom
- cadaveric
- death toll
- depart this lifeidiom
- fatality
- ghost
- morbid
- necrophiliac
- perch
- predecease
- push
- remains
- shuffle off this mortal coilidiom
- starvation
- toll
- watery
Examplesofpredeceased
predeceased
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The fact that one of his sonspredeceasedhim by a few years was a huge blow.
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He also stipulated that his wife's relatives were not to claim back her dowry in case shepredeceasedhim.
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The share of apredeceasedson devolved on the son's sons, or, failing this, on the son's son's sons.
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In a case in which the father hadpredeceasedthe child, that would not be the position.
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His wife, whopredeceasedhim, left her residuary estate for the same purpose.
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Under her will she gave her life interest to her second husband, her first husband havingpredeceasedher.
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Widows will then have all the rights and obligations of the tenancies previously enjoyed by the landlords whopredeceasedthem.
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His wife havingpredeceasedhim, the tenancy will pass, under existing law, to an unmarried son living with him, aged 40.
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A petitioner's only daughter dies without children and ispredeceasedby two first cousins.
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All her half brothers and sisters hadpredeceasedher.
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But there is also the situation where the one parent who haspredeceasedwas a parent with whom the child was residing by virtue of a residence order.
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The proportion increased with age up to retirement, and then reduced with increasing age thereafter, allowing for the likelihood that the spouse may havepredeceasedthe member.
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Shepredeceasedher estranged husband by almost five years.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, he did not succeed to the throne because hepredeceasedhis father.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Predeceasedby his wife, he has one son, two daughters and grandchildren.
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- militarily
- militarisation
- militarism
- militarist
- militaristic
- militarization
- militarized
- military
- military academy
- military-academy
- military adviser
- military aid
- military aircraft
- military alliance
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- misconnection
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