Advertisement - Continue reading below

Definition of "predecease" []

  • To die before (another person). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "predecease" in a sentence
  • "Because she has just lost the third of her four children to predecease her?"
  • "I am the only surviving offspring and I am making the assumption that she will predecease me."
  • "My grandfather is among the millions of people who have dementia, and my grandmother was one of the many family caregivers who predecease their sick partners."