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cessant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɛsənt/

Etymology

From Latin cessans, present participle of cessare. See cease.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Dormant, inactive.
   • […] God hath been pleaſed, by a civil death, to contrive a juſtifiable intermiſsion of my ſecular Duties, and by ſuch a vvay, as renders even this ceſſant ſtate in ſome ſort active, and diſcharging my Obligations: […] 1648, Walter Montagu, “To the Most Sacred Majesty of Henrietta Maria, Daughter of France, and Queen of Great Britain”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia: Or, Devout Essaies, London: […] W[illiam] Lee, D[aniel] Pakeman, and G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Relateds

incessant

Synonyms

inert · unbusy · suspended · passive · dormant · slow · abeyant · dull · standing by · unactive · at rest · cessant · languid · unoccupied · nonactive · idle · latent · torpid · silent · latent · inactive · torpid · hibernating · sedent · fallow · unemployed · sedentary · abeyant · quiescent