predecease

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ decease

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

predecease (plural predeceases)

The death of one person or thing before another.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde
  "PRIVATE: for the hands of G. J. Utterson ALONE, and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,"

Translations

anterior death

French: prédécès (fr) m

Italian: premorienza f

Verb

predecease (third-person singular simple present predeceases, present participle predeceasing, simple past and past participle predeceased)

(transitive) To die sooner than.
Husbands usually predecease their wives.
- Shakespeare
  If children predecease progenitors.

Antonyms

(die sooner than): outlive, survive

Translations

to die sooner than

French: prédécéder (fr)

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