cessible
English
Etymology
Compare French cessible. See cession.
Adjective
cessible (comparative more cessible, superlative most cessible)
- (obsolete) Giving way; yielding.
- 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises
- they are bound to flesh , and to other part of the body ; which being cessible , must needs dull the stroke , and not permit it to be carried far
- 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises
Related terms
- cessibility
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cessible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
cessible (plural cessibles)
- transferable
Derived terms
- cessibilité
- incessible
Further reading
- “cessible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.