Definition of death

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Death (v. i.) Loss of spiritual life.

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Widow :: Widow (n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband..
Deodand :: Deodand (n.) A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand..
Die :: Die (v. i.) To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought..
Undeadly :: Undeadly (a.) Not subject to death; immortal.
Paradise :: Paradise (n.) The abode of sanctified souls after death.
Tontine :: Tontine (n.) An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance..
Salvation :: Salvation (n.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness..
Dead :: Dead (adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
Wraith :: Wraith (n.) An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image..
''sdeath :: 'Sdeath (interj.) An exclamation expressive of impatience or anger.
Decimate :: Decimate (v. t.) To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny..
Posthumous :: Posthumous (a.) Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter..
Interregnum :: Interregnum (n.) The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.
Cachalot :: Cachalot (n.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale..
Slay :: Slay (v. t.) To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy..
Deadly :: Deadly (adv.) In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death..
Empale :: Empale (v. t.) To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck.
Deathliness :: Deathliness (n.) The quality of being deathly; deadliness.
Expiration :: Expiration (n.) The last emission of breath; death.
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