cessant

English

Etymology

Latin cessans, present participle of cessare. See cease.

Adjective

cessant (comparative more cessant, superlative most cessant)

  1. (obsolete) inactive; dormant
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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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Catalan

Verb

cessant

  1. present participle of cessar

French

Verb

cessant

  1. present participle of cesser

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Latin

Verb

cessant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of cessō
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