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die

  • verb
  • dī

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

Other meanings

  1. followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use

  2. followed by from as an indication of direct cause; general use, though somewhat more common in the context of medicine or the sciences

Word history

From Old Norse "deyja".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “die” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.