verb
- to die before another person
Usage: formal; legal
Examples
- His wife predeceased him by three years.
- If the beneficiary predeceases the testator, the inheritance goes to the next heir.
- The insurance policy is void if the insured predeceases the policyholder.
- She was survived by her husband, as she had predeceased him.
- The will specified what would happen if any heir should predecease the deceased.
- Both parents predeceased their youngest son.