Crossword clues for predecease
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Predecease \Pre`de*cease\, v. t.
To die sooner than. ``If children predecease progenitors.''
--Shak.
Predecease \Pre"de*cease`\, n.
The death of one person or thing before another. [R.]
--Brougham.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. The death of one person or thing before another. vb. (context transitive English) To die sooner than.
WordNet
v. die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"
Usage examples of "predecease".
If the bird died at that moment, it would predecease me by only a very short time.
He expected to die on this venturebut he was certain that Jacques would predecease him.
He married Lady Anne Russell, daughter of Francis, 4th earl of Bedford, by whom, besides two daughters, he had two sons, Francis, who predeceased him unmarried, and John, who succeeded him as 3rd earl of Bristol, at whose death without issue the peerage became extinct.
The sarcophagus on the left is that of his principal wife, Tou Wan, who predeceased him, and my ancestor sleeps on the right.
And if Helen predeceased Del, or died at about the same time, which was the way things turned out, then everything in the collection was to be sold at auction, proceeds going to a charitable foundation Delaunay was setting up.
Catherine, died young, and the second son, Ellis, predeceased his father by two years.
Petronius pointed out wryly that at least we knew most of the people Spindex brazenly mocked had predeceased him, so they were not suspects.
In the event of both his sons predeceasing him, the house and his estate go to the closest of his blood relatives to be married within three months of his death and capable of producing an heir.
Contemporaneously, a heated argument having arisen between Mr Delegate Madden and Mr Candidate Lynch regarding the juridical and theological dilemma created in the event of one Siamese twin predeceasing the other, the difficulty by mutual consent was referred to Mr Canvasser Bloom for instant submittal to Mr Coadjutor Deacon Dedalus.
For by her predeceasing her daughter the latter would have come into possession of the property, and, even had she only survived her mother by five minutes, her property would, in case there were no will, and a will was a practical impossibility in such a case, have been treated at her decease as under intestacy.
His insurance went to Mother, and then, in the event of her predeceasing him, to us.
Perhaps she hopes they may be found, smelling faintly of orrisroot, if she predeceases you.
Catherine, died young, and the second son, Ellis, predeceased his father by two years.
The sarcophagus on the left is that of his principal wife, Tou Wan, who predeceased him, and my ancestor sleeps on the right.
In the event of both his sons predeceasing him, the house and his estate go to the closest of his blood relatives to be married within three months of his death and capable of producing an heir.