cessant

English

Etymology

Latin cessans, present participle of cessare. See cease.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛsənt/

Adjective

cessant (comparative more cessant, superlative most cessant)

1. (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

• abeyant, latent, torpid; see also Thesaurus:inactive

Related terms

• incessant

References

• cessant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• ascents, catness, secants, stances

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Catalan

Verb

cessant

1. present participle of cessar

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French

Adjective

cessant (feminine singular cessante, masculine plural cessants, feminine plural cessantes)

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Derived terms

• toute affaire cessante

Verb

cessant

1. present participle of cesser

Anagrams

• cassent, sécants

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Latin

Verb

cessant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of cessō