A rate or tax. [Obs. or Prof. Eng. & Scot.] Spenser.
Bound; measure. [Obs.] The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess. Shak.
To rate; to tax; to assess. Spenser.
To cease; to neglect. [Obs.] Spenser.
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