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Cessation: Definition and part of speech

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Cessation

  1. n. A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cestus: Definition and part of speech

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Cestus

  1. n. A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.
  2. n. A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.
  3. n. A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cessavit: Definition and part of speech

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Cessavit

  1. n. A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cession: Definition and part of speech

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Cession

  1. n. The voluntary surrender of a person’s effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
  2. n. A yielding to physical force.
  3. n. Concession; compliance.
  4. n. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.
  5. n. The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cessor: Definition and part of speech

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Cessor

  1. v. t. An assessor.
  2. v. i. One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See Cessavit.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.