[ UK /dɪsˈiːsd/ ]
[ US /dɪˈsist/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. dead
    our dear departed friend
    he is deceased
NOUN
  1. someone who is no longer alive
    I wonder what the dead person would have done
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How To Use deceased In A Sentence

  • It should be appreciated that brothers, sisters, stepbrothers and stepsisters are not entitled to any share of the inheritance when children and parents of the deceased are alive.
  • Madalena had been married to Ana's deceased brother, Luis, and Ana claimed that she had a right to a portion of his estate.
  • Autopsies on deceased people with autism also show chronic neuro-inflammation and activation of the same brain cells, known as glial cells. David Kirby: Dr. Bernadine Healy: Don't Dismiss Vaccine Link
  • Thomas Cowell of York County in 1680, and Patrick Napier twice phlebotomized 'Allen Jarves, deceased, in the cure of a cancer of his mouth.' Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699
  • To demonstrate fidelity to the deceased family member, a band of wind and percussion instruments is often present to perform both traditional and popular music.
  • At Hemp Knoll the bone toggle had been broken and subsequently decorated, suggesting a long history of use before being sewn onto the clothing or shroud of the deceased.
  • Embalmers are advised of the protective clothing required both for handling the chemicals and the deceased persons themselves.
  • It is curious and probably fitting that the first clear evidence for discarnate intention was taught to me by my deceased mother. The Sacred Promise
  • In 1994 in the New Territories, lineage leaders complained about urban and colonialist meddling when the government decided to let women inherit land when the deceased had no sons and died intestate.
  • His second wife died in 1995, and a son also predeceased him. Times, Sunday Times
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