Decease and Linger

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Decease verb - To stop living.

Usage example: no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased

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Linger is an antonym for decease.

Nearby Words: deceased, deceasing

Linger verb - To move or act slowly.

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Decease is an antonym for linger.

Nearby Words: lingering, lingerer

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