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Passed away; dead; gone. The deceased, the dead person.

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December. He must increase, but I must decrease. John iii. 30.

Suffering no decrease. [R.] It [the river] flows and flows, and yet will flow, Volume decreaseless to the final hour. A. Seward.

To remove grease or fatty matter from, as wool or silk.

Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. [Obs.] So all that night they passed in great disease. Spenser. To shield thee from diseases of the world. Shak.

Afflicted with disease. It is my own diseased imagination that torments me. W. Irving.

The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. [R.] T. Burnet.

Causing uneasiness. [Obs.] Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people. Bacon.

The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

Uneasiness; inconvenience. [Obs.] Bacon.

To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke. God was displeased with this thing. 1 Chron. xxi. 7. Wilt thou be displeased at us forever Psalms lxxxv…

With displeasure. [R.]

Displeasure. [R.] South.

One who displeases.

i. [Obs.] See Increase.

Same as Basedow's disease.

ucing dryness and scurfiness, followed by cracks, ulceration, and fungous excrescences. Grease bush. (Bot.) Same as Grease wood (below). -- Grease moth (Zoöl.), a pyralid moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) whose larva eats greasy cloth, etc. -- Grease wood (Bot.), a scraggy, stunted, and somewhat prickly shrub (Sarcobatus ve…

A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator.

One who, or that which, greases; specifically, a person employed to lubricate the working parts of machinery, engines, carriages, etc.

Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. Shak.