Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cess
Participle: cessed
Gerund: cessing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cess |
| you | cess |
| he;she;it | cesses |
| we | cess |
| you | cess |
| they | cess |
Perfect
| I | have cessed |
| you | have cessed |
| he;she;it | has cessed |
| we | have cessed |
| you | have cessed |
| they | have cessed |
Past
| I | cessed |
| you | cessed |
| he;she;it | cessed |
| we | cessed |
| you | cessed |
| they | cessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cessed |
| you | had cessed |
| he;she;it | had cessed |
| we | had cessed |
| you | had cessed |
| they | had cessed |
Future
| I | will cess |
| you | will cess |
| he;she;it | will cess |
| we | will cess |
| you | will cess |
| they | will cess |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cessed |
| you | will have cessed |
| he;she;it | will have cessed |
| we | will have cessed |
| you | will have cessed |
| they | will have cessed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cess |
| you | cess |
| he;she;it | cess |
| we | cess |
| you | cess |
| they | cess |
Perfect
| I | have cessed |
| you | have cessed |
| he;she;it | have cessed |
| we | have cessed |
| you | have cessed |
| they | have cessed |
Imperfect
| I | cessed |
| you | cessed |
| he;she;it | cessed |
| we | cessed |
| you | cessed |
| they | cessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cessed |
| you | had cessed |
| he;she;it | had cessed |
| we | had cessed |
| you | had cessed |
| they | had cessed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cess |
| you | would cess |
| he;she;it | would cess |
| we | would cess |
| you | would cess |
| they | would cess |
Perfect
| I | would have cessed |
| you | would have cessed |
| he;she;it | would have cessed |
| we | would have cessed |
| you | would have cessed |
| they | would have cessed |
Imperative
| you | cess |
| we | Let's cess |
| you | cess |
Verbs conjugated like 'cess'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cess'
cass,
cuss,
fess,
jess,
kess,
less,
mess,
sess,
access,
bass,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cease to proceed or act
- absist, belay, blin, break off, cease, cheese it, come to an end, desist, discontinue, forbear, halt, have done with, hold, leave off, let up, rest, stanch, staunch, stay, stop, surcease, terminate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. For the first meaning below, the writings of Edmund Spenser, published 1633, point to a borrowing from Irish cís (“tax, tribute, cess, rent”), likely from Latin census.
2. Other senses: Uncertain. Occurs in print at least as early as 1831, when Samuel Lover used the expression as one already long-established. He unambiguously stated the derivation of cess in the malediction bad cess to be an abbreviation of success. The OED speculated that it either was from success or from assessment meaning a military or governmental exaction. The verb is attested in Middle English (cessen).
Sample Sentences
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...according to the quantity thereof, we may cess the said rent and allowance issuing thereout. [1596, Edmund Spenser, A View of the Present State of Irelande:]