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Definition cess

Etymology 1

Etymology 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.. OED speculated that it either was from success or from assessment meaning a military or governmental exaction.

Noun

cess (plural cesses)

1. (Britain, Ireland) An assessed tax, duty, or levy.
2. (Britain, Ireland, informal) Luck or success, typically in an unfavourable context, as in "bad cess to...". More rarely in a favourable sense such as "good cess to..."
3. (obsolete) Bound; measure.

Verb

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

1. (Britain, Ireland) To levy a cess.

Etymology 2

Possibly from an archaic dialect word meaning “bog”.

Noun

cess (plural cesses)

1. (rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.
2. (obsolete, dialectal) A bog, in particular a peat bog.
3. (obsolete, dialectal) A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.

Etymology 3

From French cesser. See cease.

Verb

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

1. (obsolete, law) To cease; to neglect.

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