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pease

/piːz/

pease is the alternative form of pea.

pease is the plural of pea.

Verb

pease (third-person singular simple present peases, present participle peasing, simple past and past participle peased)

  1. (obsolete) To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.
  2. (obsolete) To bring (a war, conflict) to an end.
  3. (obsolete) To placate, appease (someone).
    • And yf this come to the rulers eares, we wyll pease him, and make you safe.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxviij

Meaning of pea

Noun

pea (plural peas or (archaic) pease)

  1. Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
    1. (especially, when without a qualifier) A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.
      • Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 277
  2. The edible seed of Pisum sativum.
  3. The edible seed of various other pea plants.
  4. Any of several varieties of bean.
    • peas and rice
  5. (Multicultural-London-English, in plural) Money.
    • Man's making bare peas.

See all 10 meanings of pea

Proper noun capitalized: Pease

Pease

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a seller or grower of peas.
  2. A minor city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.
  3. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
  4. A township in Belmont County, Ohio.

Forms of pease

Noun
pluralpeasen
Verb
third-person singular presentpeases
present participlepeasing
past participlepeased
pastpeased

Origin of pease

From Middle English pese (“pea”), from Old English pise (“pea”), from Late Latin pisa, variant of Latin pisum (“pea”), from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson), variant of πίσος (písos).

From Anglo-Norman paiser, pesser et al., Old French paisier, aphetic form of apaisier (“to appease”). Probably also partly from aphetic use of appease.

Words formed from pease

Phrases with pease

Words that rhyme with pease

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Questions about pease

What does pease mean?
Pease means to make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.
What is pease the alternative form of?
Pease is the alternative form of pea.
What part of speech is pease?
Pease can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pease?
Pease is pronounced /piːz/.
What is the past tense of pease?
The past tense of pease is peased.

Words near pease in the dictionary

  1. peasantships
  2. peasantwear
  3. peasanty
  4. peascod
  5. peascods
  6. pease
  7. pease porridge
  8. pease porridges
  9. pease pottage
  10. pease pudding
  11. pease puddings

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