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  • 21deceased — de·ceased sēst adj no longer living esp recently dead used of persons deceased n, pl deceased a dead person <the will of the deceased> …

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  • 22deceased — de|ceased [ dı sist ] adjective FORMAL 1. ) dead: flowers on the graves of deceased relatives 2. ) the deceased a dead person or people, especially when the death or deaths were recent: The deceased was a highly respected member of the farming… …

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  • 23deceased — UK [dɪˈsiːst] / US [dɪˈsɪst] adjective formal 1) dead flowers on the graves of deceased relatives 2) the deceased a dead person or people, especially when the death or deaths were recent The deceased was a highly respected member of the farming… …

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  • 24deceased — A casualty status applicable to a person who is either known to have died, determined to have died on the basis of conclusive evidence, or declared to be dead on the basis of a presumptive finding of death. The recovery of remains is not a… …

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  • 25deceased — I. adjective Date: 15th century no longer living; especially recently dead used of persons Synonyms: see dead II. noun (plural deceased) Date: 1548 a dead person < the will of the deceased > …

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  • 26deceased — /di seest /, adj. 1. no longer living; dead. n. 2. the deceased, a. the particular dead person or persons referred to. b. dead persons collectively: to speak well of the deceased. [1480 90; DECEASE + ED2] Syn. 1. See dead. * * * …

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  • 27deceased — /dəˈsist / (say duh seest) adjective 1. dead. –noun 2. the deceased, the dead person or persons: *There were no papers or cards found on the deceased from which his name could be discovered –fergus hume, 1898 …

  • 28deceased — Synonyms and related words: ago, antiquated, antique, ashes, asleep, asleep in Jesus, at rest, bereft of life, blown over, body, bones, breathless, by, bygone, bypast, cadaver, called home, carcass, carrion, clay, cold, corpse, corpus delicti,&#8230; …

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  • 29deceased — [dɪˈsiːst] adj formal 1) dead 2) the deceased a dead person or dead people …

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  • 30deceased — de•ceased [[t]dɪˈsist[/t]] adj. 1) no longer living; dead 2) the deceased a particular dead person or persons • Etymology: 1480–90 …

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