Decease and Revive

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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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Revive is an antonym for decease.

Nearby Words: deceased, deceasing

Revive verb - To bring back to life, practice, or activity.

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Decease is an antonym for revive.

Nearby Words: revival, reviving, reviver

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