predecease

pre- +‎ decease

• Rhymes: -iːs

predecease (plural predeceases)

1. The death of one person or thing before another.
   • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

     "PRIVATE: for the hands of G. J. Utterson ALONE, and in case of his predecease to be destroyed unread,"

predecease (third-person singular simple present predeceases, present participle predeceasing, simple past and past participle predeceased)

1. (transitive) To die sooner than.

   Husbands usually predecease their wives.

   • Shakespeare

     If children predecease progenitors.

• (die sooner than): outlive, survive