单词 | deceased |
释义 | deceasedadj. 1. a. That has departed this life, dead, ‘departed’; esp. lately dead, ‘late’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > recently dead latea1422 new-dead?a1425 umquhile1431 deceased1490 that wasa1500 feu1813 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 227 After that a man is ones decessed. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxliv. 364 The bysshop of Wynchestre discessed..was chancellour of England. 1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus 10 [He] highly commended the parties discessed. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. I2v The deceased ghost of him that loued you. 1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) 98 The Honour of..our disseised Queen. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxviii. 242 Those deceased Giants. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 40 There..I shall see justice done to deceased merit. 1810 W. Wordsworth Ess. Epit. in Wks. (1888) 814/1 The character of a deceased friend. 1893 Law Times 95 82/1 The heir of a deceased licence-holder. b. deceased wife's sister question: the question of a widower's marrying the sister of his deceased wife, such a marriage being legal in some countries and illegal in others. c. transferred. Of a deceased person. ΚΠ 1906 Times 29 Aug. 11/2 London and North-Western stock was noticeably plentiful for delivery, and was said to have been sold heavily during the account on behalf of a deceased estate. 2. absol. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun] the holy soulsc950 the deadc1000 dead1340 deadmana1400 the defunct1548 sleeper1590 gone?1614 grave-fellow1642 under-dead1648 the deceased1673 the majority1721 the departed1722 the dear departed1814 sleeper1827 goner1836 gone coon1837 silent majority1874 1673 J. Milton Psalm LXXXVIII in Poems (new ed.) 164 Shall the deceas'd arise? b. The person (lately) dead, or whose death is in question. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [noun] > the recently dead deceased1633 decedent1730 the late lamented1864 1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts v. i. sig. K3v It might haue argu'd me of little loue To the deceas'd. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cxii. 297 He..sealed up all the papers of the deceased. 1840 C. Pelham Chron. Crime (1886) II. 349 An inquest was held upon the remains of deceased at the Dog and Gun. 1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning i. i Mr. Jones..promised to read the burial-service over the deceased. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1490 |
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