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cess

cess is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Bound; measure. [Obs.] The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess. Shak.
  2. 2.To rate; to tax; to assess. Spenser.
  3. 3.To cease; to neglect. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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