Definition of dead

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Dead (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle..

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Amortize :: Amortize (v. t.) To make as if dead; to destroy.
Dead :: Dead (a.) Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man..
Deadly :: Deadly (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies..
Sepulchre :: Sepulchre (n.) The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb..
Burying Place :: Burying place () The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.
Hysterophyte :: Hysterophyte (n.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter..
Deadborn :: Deadborn (a.) Stillborn.
Autopsy :: Autopsy (a.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons..
Cockatrice :: Cockatrice (n.) Any venomous or deadly thing.
Deathlike :: Deathlike (a.) Deadly.
Charnel :: Charnel (a.) Containing the bodies of the dead.
Deadlight :: Deadlight (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm..
Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.
Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) A kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead, whose estate no man will meddle with..
Mortmain :: Mortmain (n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate..
Baneful :: Baneful (a.) Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.
Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments..
Tatou :: Tatou (n.) The giant armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, and sometimes invades human graves..
Die :: Die (v. i.) To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought..
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