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Verb: predecease  ,pree-di'sees
  1. Die before; die earlier than
    "She predeceased her husband"

Derived forms: predeceasing, predeceases, predeceased

Type of: buy the farm [N. Amer], cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, pop one's clogs, snuff it

Encyclopedia: Predecease