CESS

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A rate or tax. [Obs. or Prof. Eng. & Scot.] Spenser.

2.
n.

Bound; measure. [Obs.] The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess. Shak.

3.
v.

To rate; to tax; to assess. Spenser.

4.
v.

To cease; to neglect. [Obs.] Spenser.


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