DEFUNCT, adjective [Latin To perform and discharge.] Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased. DEFUNCT, noun A dead person; one deceased.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
DEFUNCT, adjective [Latin To perform and discharge.] Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased. DEFUNCT, noun A dead person; one deceased.
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