What part of speech is predeceasing?

Predeceasing can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

• 1. predeceasing is a verb, gerund of predecease (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

• Infinitive

  Present

  Simple Past

  Past Participle

  Gerund
• (to) predecease 

  predecease  / predeceases 

  predeceased 

  predeceased 

  predeceasing 

• Infinitive: (to) predecease 
• Present: predecease  / predeceases 
• Simple Past: predeceased 
• Past Participle: (have) predeceased 
• Gerund: predeceasing 

What does predeceasing mean?