Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Ireland, UK)To levy a cess.

  2. (obsolete)To cease; to neglect.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. A good example of homonyms in Portuguese are the words "sessão", "seção" and "cessão".

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Origin

For the first meaning below, the writings of Edmund Spenser, published 1633, point to a bo

For the first meaning below, the writings of Edmund Spenser, published 1633, point to a borrowing from Irish cís (“tax, tribute, cess, rent”), likely from Latin census.

From Middle French cesser. See cease.

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Forms

cesses, cessing, cessed, cessed
Base formcess · to cess
3rd person singularcesses
Present participlecessing
Past simplecessed
Past participlecessed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycess
he, she, itcesses

Past simpleLesson

all personscessed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cessed
he, she, ithas cessed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cess

Word family

5 related words
RelatedceaseB2cessationC1
Derivedbad cesscessmentgood cess

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
certifyB2certitudecervicalcervixcessationC1cetacean
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