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cessing

cessing is the present participle and gerund of cess.

Meaning of cess

Verb (1)

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

  1. (Ireland, UK) To levy a cess.
    • ...according to the quantity thereof, we may cess the said rent and allowance issuing thereout.1596, Edmund Spenser, A View of the Present State of Irelande

Verb (2)

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

  1. (obsolete) To cease; to neglect.
    • And therefore, if there be lord, mesne, and tenant, and the tenant doth cess, and the mesne takes a wife and dies, his wife shall not have dower of the tenancy...1827, John Perkins, A Profitable Book, Treating of the Laws of England

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Questions about cessing

What is cessing the present participle and gerund of?
Cessing is the present participle and gerund of cess.

Words near cessing in the dictionary

  1. cesser
  2. cessers
  3. cesses
  4. cessible
  5. cessile
  6. cessing
  7. cessio bonorum
  8. cession
  9. cessionaries
  10. cessionary
  11. cessions

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