1. dying before another person
Usage: present participle of predecease; legal and formal contexts

Examples

• The will specified what would happen if the beneficiary was predeceasing the testator.
• His wife predeceasing him left him devastated and alone.
• The insurance policy covers scenarios involving the policyholder predeceasing the spouse.
• Legal documents must account for the possibility of heirs predeceasing the estate owner.
• She worried about predeceasing her elderly parents and leaving them without support.
• The trust agreement included provisions for beneficiaries predeceasing the grantor.