Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CESS
CESS, n. [or v.]
(as a noun, a rate or tax, and as a verb, to rate or lay a tax,) is probably a corruption of assess, or from the same root. It is not used. – Spenser.
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CESS, n. [or v.]
(as a noun, a rate or tax, and as a verb, to rate or lay a tax,) is probably a corruption of assess, or from the same root. It is not used. – Spenser.
Return to page 66 of the letter “C”.