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pesen

pesen is the obsolete form of pisane.

pesen is the plural of pease.

Meaning of pisane

Noun

pisane

  1. A collar or gorget of mail (or, rarely, plate), protecting the neck and upper chest; a standard.

Meaning of pease

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

See all 7 meanings of pease

Forms of pesen

pluralpesens

Origin of pesen

See pisane.

See pease and that word's relevant plural form, peasen.

Questions about pesen

What is pesen the obsolete form of?
Pesen is the obsolete form of pisane.

Words near pesen in the dictionary

  1. pescovegetarians
  2. PESCTD
  3. PESE
  4. Pesek
  5. Peseks
  6. pesen
  7. pesens
  8. PESes
  9. peseta
  10. pesetas
  11. pesewa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pesen (page history and authors); pisane (page history and authors); pease (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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