verb
- dying; passing away
Usage: formal; present participle of decease
Examples
- The elderly patient was deceasing peacefully in the hospital.
- Legal documents must be filed before the person is deceasing.
- The family gathered around their deceasing grandfather.
- Medical staff monitored the deceasing patient’s vital signs.
- The will was read after the patriarch finished deceasing.
- Hospice care provides comfort to those who are deceasing.