Decease and Exist

Decease

Decease verb - To stop living.
Usage example: no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased

Exist is an antonym for decease.

Nearby Words: deceased, deceasing

Exist

Exist verb - To have life.

Decease is an antonym for exist.

Nearby Words: existence, existing
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