departure from life, death; cf. sithe, n.1 1.

Death, esp. of a violent nature; (also) an instance of this.

death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief; evil fortune, calamity.

The action of end, v.1: termination, conclusion, completion; †death, etc.

The fact of being struck down by calamity or disease, in battle, etc., or of losing a position of power or authority; death, destruction…

Departure, decease; hence, death-bed.

The giving up of the soul; dying, death. Obsolete. rare.

the end of one's life, one's death.

The act or fact of dying; the end of life; the permanent cessation of the vital functions of a… As an abstract principle.

departure, decease.

the very end of something, esp. a person's life; (also) †the utmost extremity or limit (obsolete).

Decease, death.

Ceasing to live, expiring, decease, death.

The end of a person's life; death; spec. (in Middle English) death considered in terms of punishment or reward in the afterlife (often with…

The action of going away or setting out; departure. Also euphemistic: death, dying (cf. passing, n. 1a) (now archaic). Now rare, except as merged…

The death (of a person); a mode or manner of death.

Departure from life; death.

The act of departing, departure: (a) parting, separation; (b) departure from this life, death.

The act of dying; death. Obsolete.

Originally: dying, death. Subsequently also more widely: the action of ceasing to exist or coming to an end; an instance of this. Cf. to pass away at…

latter (†last) end: variously used in senses 7b 8b 9. Also Scottish hinder end.

Death; decease of a person. Obsolete.

The death, destruction, deterioration, or loss of a person or thing; the action of dying or killing; an instance of this.

? = Death. Obsolete.

= departure, n. 2b; decease, death. Obsolete.

End, finishing, completion; death.

A passing away (from life); departure, decease.

Decease; = cess, n.2

= decease, n.

Death. Cf. ending, n. 1.

Death; = dissolution, n. 8. Chiefly in the time of a person's resolution (esp. in echoes of 2 Timothy 4:6). Obsolete.

Departure; transferred decease.

figurative. Death. Now rare.

= departure, n., in various senses: (a) separation; (b) going away, leave-taking, withdrawal; (c) decease.

gen. A conclusion, end, or death. Also as a mass noun.

Sleeping; falling asleep; figurative death (of the righteous).

debt to (also of) nature (also †nature's debt): the necessity of dying, death; to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) nature: to die. Now rare.

Termination of life; death, decease.

The action of breathing one's last; death, decease. Obsolete.

A person's death. Obsolete.

spec. Death, considered as a substitution of one state of existence for another. Obsolete.

The action of departing this life; decease, death. Obsolete or archaic.

a final metamorphosis; spec. death or (in some religious contexts) resurrection viewed as the final stage in a person's passage through time.

Transition from one state or condition to another; esp. passage from this life, by death; also absol. death. Obsolete.

The action of dissolve, v., in various senses; dissolution.

the name of a dance (in the 16–17th centuries very often used jocularly for sexual intercourse). Obsolete.

Departure.

Decease.

An individual's death or decease.

death, decease.

Conveyance over the Styx.

The action of launch, v.

A release or respite from life; an ending of life, death; something that causes death.

Final fate, destruction, ruin, death.

= expiration, n., expiry, n.

The action of expire, v. in its various senses.

Death. Obsolete. rare.

Dying, decease, death.

Death. rare.

Death. Obsolete. rare.

A sending away from, or ushering out of, life.

figurative of the close of life.

Departure from life; death. Also figurative. Cf. to pass away at pass, v. phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete.

Loss or deprivation of animation, vitality, or life; death. Also occasionally: an act of rendering lifeless or inanimate. Cf. disanimate, v. 2.

The action of suffering death; execution; martyrdom. Obsolete.

Death; a departure. rare.

Now chiefly with lower-case initial. An act of passing from one state or condition to the next; spec. (a) the action of passing from this world…

latter (†last) end: variously used in senses 7b 8b 9. Also Scottish hinder end.

Hence, the conclusion, end, finish; end of life, death.

literary. spec. (now chiefly Medicine and Ancient History). Death; a departure from life, a person's death.

figurative. Death. Cf. to hop the perch at phrases 2, perch, v.1 6. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. Relinquishment of life; death. Obsolete.

Transferred to the death or decease which occasions the demise of an estate, etc.; hence, popularly, = Decease, death.

The action of ascending to or being received into heaven or the afterlife. In later use also: †a person's death (obsolete).

figurative. A transition or change; a passing across; spec. the passage from life to death.

Falling, dropping off, dying.

Dying, death; = expiration, n. 4. Also figurative of an immaterial thing: Destruction, extinction. rare.

Departure.

The conclusion, last stage, termination; also (colloquial or slang) the ‘end’ of a man.

In religious use: one's death; a funeral. Cf. to go home at home, adv. 1d. Now chiefly U.S., esp. in African-American use.

figurative (originally and chiefly U.S. colloquial). the last (also final, great) round-up and variants: death; the Last Judgement.

With out: dying.

transferred and figurative. Disappearance; death; see also quot. 1967.

(See quot. 1895) U.S. Also in journalism, broadcasting, and wider slang use.

used to indicate the inevitability of death; also transferred.

Death; an instance of dying. Frequently in to take a dirt nap: to die.

Frequently with the. Death; mortality.