cessant

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/ˈsɛsənt/

adjective

Dormant, inactive.

Similar
abeyantlatenttorpidat restdormantdullfallowhibernating
OriginLatin cessans →
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Meanings

adjectivecessant (comparative more cessant, superlative most cessant)

comparative more cessant · superlative most cessant

  1. obsoleteDormant, inactive.

    […] 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: […]

    1648, Walter Montagu, “To the Most Sacred Majesty of Henrietta Maria, Daughter of France, and Queen of Great Britain”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia: Or, Devout Essaies, London: […] W[illiam] Lee, D[aniel] Pakeman, and G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC

    Synonyms: abeyant, latent, torpid, abeyant, at rest, dormant, dull, fallow

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDormant, inactive.

Similar
abeyantlatenttorpidabeyantat restdormantdullfallowhibernatingidleinactiveinertlanguidlatentnonactivepassivequiescentsilentsedent
Also see
abeyantdullidleinactiveinertlanguidlatentlethargicpassivequiescentquietsedentsedentarytorpidunbusyunemployedunoccupied

Origin

  1. Latincessans
  2. Englishcessant

From Latin cessans, present participle of cessare. See cease.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cessant

crescentfluorescentantidepressantincandescentconvalescentsuppressantiridescentincessantluminescentquiescentpubescentdepressanteffervescentopalescentpearlescentflorescentevanescentelectroluminescenttumescentphosphorescentessentprepubescentsenescentobsolescent
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Anagrams

catness
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“cessant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cessant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cessant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cessant.

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