Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A simplified spelling of
deceased .
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Examples
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He was not satisfied with material gain but the deceast lookt up to that God from whom all help comes; the God of our fathers was the one he lookt to for his guidance and help.
John Merrick. A Biographical Sketch Robert McCants 1920
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Many boys and girls here and elsewhere can trace their beginning in life to the charity and forethot of the man who is now deceast.
John Merrick. A Biographical Sketch Robert McCants 1920
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The record of this payment, with the name of the deceast and the date of the claim, would be a most interesting document to set forth here had it not been destroyed by fire some years later.
John Merrick. A Biographical Sketch Robert McCants 1920
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The exhibition of a policy of the deceast in the North Carolina Mutual has immediately been considered as a sufficient guarantee for the payment of necessary burial or other expenses.
John Merrick. A Biographical Sketch Robert McCants 1920
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I count myself fortunate to be allowed to pay tribute to the memory of my deceast friend; for indeed we were friends from his youth.
John Merrick. A Biographical Sketch Robert McCants 1920
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The words that we say will be a very small tribute to the life of the deceast; but if you will take a few moments and move up and down the streets in Durham you will find the true work of his great soul as it is proclaimed from the lips of men and women with whom he came in contact.
John Merrick. A Biographical Sketch Robert McCants 1920
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May someone rise up to take the mantle of the deceast!
John Merrick. A Biographical Sketch Robert McCants 1920
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Hugh Campbell, merchant, son to deceast Sir Hugh Campbell of Cesnock 100
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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John Cameron, son to the deceast Donald Cameron, merchant in Edinburgh 100
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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Christian Grierson, daughter to the deceast John Grierson 100
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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