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  • noun Plural form of cess.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cess.

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Examples

  • The imposition of unorthodox military extractions known as "cesses," the gradual exclusion of Old English influence from colonial politics, and an increasing suspicion of Old English loyalties by the New English settlers threatened to exacerbate the tensions that already existed between crown and colony.

    Catastrophic Dimensions:The Rupture of English and Irish Identities in Early Modern Ireland, 1534-1615 1999

  • It never cesses to amaze me at how quickly republicans forget their own overzealous borrow and spending habits.

    Pawlenty slams Dems on 'reckless' spending 2009

  • The conference I'm attending is crawling with these Canadians, and they continuously taunt me with foreign phrases like Tell us a-boot the pro-cesses used in the your pro-jexs.

    Archive 2005-10-16 2005

  • The conference I'm attending is crawling with these Canadians, and they continuously taunt me with foreign phrases like Tell us a-boot the pro-cesses used in the your pro-jexs.

    10/16/2005 - 10/23/2005 2005

  • The conference I'm attending is crawling with these Canadians, and they continuously taunt me with foreign phrases like Tell us a-boot the pro-cesses used in the your pro-jexs.

    Transgender Trooper Repulsed at the Border 2005

  • Thank you so much, from the re-cesses of my heart!

    Roc and a Hard Place Anthony, Piers 1995

  • Thank you so much, from the re-cesses of my heart!

    Roc and a Hard Place Anthony, Piers 1995

  • American Ancestors: In Virginia 453 in less than an hour the Palafoxes had shown Grandfather the entire surface structure of the Mineral, indicating which buildings and pro - cesses would be replaced if funds were available, and then they asked:

    Mexico Michener, James 1992

  • Yet the only ac - cesses to the Valley of the Thanes were three roads from within Thorbardin itself.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

  • Yet the only ac - cesses to the Valley of the Thanes were three roads from within Thorbardin itself.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

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