To go and receive; to obtain, get (an object of pursuit); to ‘come by’ (one's death). Obsolete.
transitive. to breathe out one's life (also soul, spirit,etc.): to die, expire. Now rare.
transitive. To emit or give vent to. to pass the ghost: to die. Obsolete (in later use poetic).
Subcategories:
— carry off by death (4)
— shut eyes or mouth permanently (1)
— lie dead on ground (1)
— make liable to death (1)
— respite from death (3)
— submit to or allow death (1)
— have remaining after death (2)
— have lost relatives by death (1)