cessant
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Latin cessans, present participle of cessare. See cease.
AdjectiveEdit
cessant (comparative more cessant, superlative most cessant)
- (obsolete) inactive; dormant
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SynonymsEdit
- abeyant, latent, torpid; see also Thesaurus:inactive
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cessant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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VerbEdit
cessant
- present participle of cessar
FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
cessant (feminine singular cessante, masculine plural cessants, feminine plural cessantes)
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