surseance

See also: surséance

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)siəns/

Etymology 1

From Middle English *surseance (not found), from Old French surseance (“suspicion; delay”), from surseoir (“to delay”), from supersedo. More at surcease.

Noun

surseance

1. (obsolete) peace; quiet
   • 1641, Francis Bacon, A Wise and Moderate Discourse, Concerning Church-Affaires:

     all preachers , especially such as be of good temper , and have wisdom with conscience , ought to inculcate and beat upon a peace , silence , and surseance

Etymology 2

Noun

surseance (countable and uncountable, plural surseances)

1. (law, in the Netherlands) The phase of reaching an agreement with the creditors of a bankrupt company.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “surseance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• uncreases