Sekirov Dictionary

predecease

/ˌpɹiːdəˈsiːs/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

•
The death of one person or thing before another.
- ‘Private: for the hands of J. G. Utterson alone and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,’ so it was emphatically superscribed; and the lawyer to behold the contents. — 1886

verb1

•
To die sooner than.
- Husbands usually predecease their wives.
- Frederick, Prince of Wales, predeceased his father and never became king.

forms

predeceased · predeceasing · predeceases

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