cessant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin cessans, present participle of cessare. See cease.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cessant (comparative more cessant, superlative most cessant)
- (obsolete) inactive; dormant
- 1648, Walter Montagu, Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essaies:
- God hath been pleaſed, by a civil death, to contrive a justifiable intermission of my secular Duties ; and by such a way, as renders even this cessant state in some sort active […]
Synonyms[edit]
- abeyant, latent, torpid; see also Thesaurus:inactive
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “cessant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
cessant
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
cessant (feminine cessante, masculine plural cessants, feminine plural cessantes)
- In the process of stopping.
Derived terms[edit]
Participle[edit]
cessant
Further reading[edit]
- “cessant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
cessant
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