† cessantadj.
Obsolete. rare.
That ceases to act; characterized by cessation or intermission.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [adjective]
intermitted1557
pausing1572
suspensivea1623
cessant1648
suspending1656
interpolateda1676
suspended1795
abeyant1822
1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia Ep. Ded. Such a way as renders even this cessant state in some sort active.
1701 J. Howe Some Consideration Pref. Enq. 17 As the cessant, or diminish'd weight of such Reasons shall allow.
Derivatives
ˈcessantly adv. intermittently, at intervals.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > intermittently
by (formerly also at) startsc1422
startmeal?c1422
off and on1535
every otherwhile1542
by, or in, snatches1577
by fits and turns1583
by halves and fits1583
one time with another1591
fit-meal1593
by fits and spurts1605
planetarily?1609
scatteredly1612
startinglya1616
by snaps1631
intermittingly1654
from space to space1658
on and off1668
at (by) intervals1744
cessantly1746
by spells1788
fitfully1792
by fits and spasms1797
everylikea1800
intermittently1800
intermittedly1829
interjectionally1837
jerkily1839
at seasons1850
sporadically1852
parenthetically1860
spasmodically1877
snatchily1880
variously1892
1746 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 44 I personally knew a Gentleman..who cessantly winked with one Eye.
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