different between cels vs cess
cels
English
Noun
cels
- plural of cel
Anagrams
- ELCS, LECs
Catalan
Noun
cels
- plural of cel
Latvian
Verb
cels
- 3rd person singular future indicative form of celt
- 3rd person plural future indicative form of celt
cels From the web:
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cess
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
Etymology uncertain. Occurs in print at least as early as 1831, when Samuel Lover used the expression as one already long-established. He unambiguously stated the derivation of cess in the malediction bad cess to be an abbreviation of success.. OED speculated that it either was from success or from assessment meaning a military or governmental exaction.
Noun
cess (plural cesses)
- (Britain, Ireland) An assessed tax, duty, or levy.
- (Britain, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.
- (obsolete) Bound; measure.
Verb
cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)
- (Britain, Ireland) To levy a cess.
Derived terms
- bad cess
See also
- cease
- cessation
Etymology 2
Possibly from an archaic dialect word meaning “bog”.
Noun
cess (plural cesses)
- (rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.
- (obsolete, dialect) A bog, in particular a peat bog.
- (obsolete, dialect) A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.
Derived terms
- cess path
- cess heave
See also
- cesspool
- cesspit
Etymology 3
From French cesser. See cease.
Verb
cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)
- (obsolete, law) To cease; to neglect.
Anagrams
- CSEs, ECSS, ESCs, secs, secs.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- Cess (alternative capitalization)
Noun
cess m (definite singular cessen, indefinite plural cessar, definite plural cessane)
- (music) C-flat
Derived terms
- cess-dur m
Swedish
Noun
cess n
- C-flat
Declension
Related terms
- ciss
References
cess From the web:
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- what cesspool means
- what cessna should i buy
- what cess meaning
- what cess in gst
- what cession means
- what cessationism is not
- what's cessation of movement
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