cessant
/ˈsɛsənt/
cessant adjective: dormant, inactive.
Adjective
cessant (comparative more cessant, superlative most cessant)
- 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...
Synonyms of cessant
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Forms of cessant
| comparative | more cessant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cessant |
Origin of cessant
From Latin cessans, present participle of cessare. See cease.
Words that rhyme with cessant
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
- detumescent
Questions about cessant
- What does cessant mean?
- Cessant means dormant, inactive.
- What part of speech is cessant?
- Cessant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cessant?
- Cessant is pronounced /ˈsɛsənt/.
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