Middle English Dictionary Entry
cesser v.
Entry Info
Forms | cesser v. |
Etymology | Presumably the OF inf. cesser used as a stem. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To cease (to do sth.); desist (from action).
Associated quotations
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)20 : A man..mai medulfully cesser fro summe dedis for a tyme.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)92 : We watteren plantis til þey han ben rotid, and þan we cesser to watter.