De‐cease″, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Deceased (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deceasing.] To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.
She's dead, deceased, she's dead. Shak.
When our summers have deceased. Tennyson.
Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature. Emerson.