deceased English · revision 10796

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1489|origins=en decease}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /diˈsist/, /dɪˈsist/; /dɪˈsiːst/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the past participle of the verb [[decease]], used as an adjective.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Dead, departed from life: the mid-15th century in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) about 1489 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a noun, the dead person in question (''the deceased''), it is from the early 17th century, 1625 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Collins calls it a more formal word for dead.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-15th century – dead.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1625 – the deceased (noun).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(formal)'' Dead; no longer living.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''the deceased'': a person who has recently died.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[undeceased]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[decease]]

+ * [[cease]]

+ * [[predecease]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}