transitive. To cause to perish or suffer harm or misfortune. Usually in passive. Obsolete.

to bring to, on,or upon (one's) bier: to bring to the grave or to death, to put to death; in passive, to meet one's death, die. Obsolete.

To remove suddenly from this world or life. Used in passive and frequently with away and from.

transitive. Chiefly poetic. Of death, god, etc.: to take (a person's life) away; to take (a person) from the world. Also intransitive: (of a…

transitive. Esp. of God: to remove (a person, his or her soul, etc.) from the world by death. Also euphemistic: (in passive) to die. Frequently with…