What does "pease" mean?
Alternative form of pea (“common plant; its edible seed”).
Pease
/piːz/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Alternative form of pea (“common plant; its edible seed”).
- Grammar: pease is listed as name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: pea, peas.
- Usage evidence: Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, […]
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of pea (“common plant; its edible seed”). alt-of, alternative, archaic
"Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, […]"
- 2 plural of pea archaic, form-of, plural
"The due proportion for any land (except it be a very light blowing ſand) is two beans for one pea; by which means, they will be (without doubt) a ſtanding crop, as the beans will be (as it were, a rodding for the peaſe; in this caſe they are aſſiſtants to each other; for as the peaſe are kept ſtanding, and form (as it were) an arch over the top of the bean, the circulating air is admitted round them to aſſiſt in feeding the corning part thereof."
Verb
- 1 To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile. obsolete
- 2 To bring (a war, conflict) to an end. obsolete
- 3 To placate, appease (someone). obsolete
"And yf this come to the rulers eares, we wyll pease him, and make you safe."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for a seller or grower of peas.
- 2 A place in the United States:; A minor city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.
- 3 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
- 4 A place in the United States:; A township in Belmont County, Ohio.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, […]"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "pease"?
Common synonyms include: pea, peas.
How do you use "pease" in a sentence?
Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, […]
How do you pronounce "pease"?
Pronounced /piːz/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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).
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman paiser, pesser et al., Old French paisier, aphetic form of apaisier (“to appease”). Probably also partly from aphetic use of appease.