cessant

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛsənt/

Definition of cessant

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(obsolete)Dormant, 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: […]”

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

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