† uncessantadj.
Obsolete.
= incessant adj. (Very common c1550–1690.)
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action)
ithanda1300
continualc1340
unstintingc1380
perpetuala1382
unfailinga1382
unceasing1382
everlastinga1398
restless?a1439
continuedc1440
running1492
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
universal1561
never-ceasing1567
still1570
unpausing1585
ceaseless1590
uncessable1596
indesinent1601
uninterrupted1602
unceasable1604
Sabbathless1605
unceased1605
unintermissive1610
unstaying1616
constant1653
jugial1654
uninterrupted1657
stopless1660
uncheque1671
chronical1672
unarrested1733
well-sustained1743
uninterrupt1776
unsuspended1792
sustained1796
pauseless1820
unhalting1832
persistent1842
unresting1856
unbreaking1870
non-stop1915
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > lasting, continuous
endlessc888
perpetuala1382
unceasing1382
restless?c1425
biding1430
continual1462
remanent?a1475
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
never-ceasing1567
still1570
ceaseless1590
indesinent1601
unceasable1604
unintermissive1610
constant1653
jugial1654
tarrying1654
insuccessive1678
perpetuative1785
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β. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 119 The vncessaunt mouynge and impulsion of the heauens.1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. v. 217 Parents, that take such intollerable and vncessaunt paines to leaue much vnto their children.a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 429 Wicked mens soules they thrust and imprison in a darksome roome below, where torments uncessant doe attend them.a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 263 They..bid their sons with uncessant industry imploy their time.1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 204 The Heart..by its uncessant Motion distributing the Blood.1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiv. 178 b Hauyng within hymself a perpetuall vnceassaunt power to dooe whatsoeuer his wille is.
1592 T. Kyd Trueth Murthering of Brewen 6 Bloud is an vnceassant crier in the eares of the Lord.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1548- to take one's inns
- to take one's journey
- to take one's lair
- to take one's leave
- to take one's leave of
- to take one's licence
- to take one's life
- to take one's lodge
- to take one's lucky
- to take one's maker
- to take one's mansion
- to take one's measure
- to take one's measures
- to take one's medicine
- to take one's mind off
- to take one's mind off from
- to take one's mutton with
- to take one's nap
- to take one's own life
- to take one's own sweet time
- to take one's own time
- to take one's own way
- to take one's parable
- to take one's perch
- to take one's pick