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† ˈsessa, int. Obs. [perh. var. of sa, sa, or possibly a. F. cessez ‘cease!’ It is not certain that modern editors are right in inserting the form sessa in all the passages; the word may not be the same in the three places.] An exclamation of uncertain meaning.
1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. Induct. i. 6 Looke in the Chronicles, we came in with Richard Conqueror: therefore Paucas pallabris, let the world slide: Sessa. 1605― Lear iii. iv. 104 Dolphin my Boy, Boy Sesey [Q1 caese; Q2 cease; Q3 ceas; Malone sessa!]: let him trot by. Ibid. iii. vi. 77 Dogs leapt the hatch, and all are fled. Do, de, de, de: sese [Malone Sessa!]: Come, march to Wakes and Fayres. |