Cessant
/ˈsɛsənt/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Dormant, inactive. obsolete
"[…] 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: […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"[…] 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: […]"
Etymology
From Latin cessans, present participle of cessare. See cease.