cessant
adj/ˈsɛsənt/
Etymology
From Latin cessans, present participle of cessare. See cease.
- derived from cessans
Definitions
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: […]
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cessant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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