Definition: cess

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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Cess \Cess\, n. [For sess, conts. from Assess.]
   1. A rate or tax. [Obs. or Prof. Eng. & Scot.] --Spenser.

   2. Bound; measure. [Obs.]

            The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all
            cess.                                 --Shak.
Cess \Cess\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cessed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Cessing.]
   To rate; to tax; to assess. --Spenser.
Cess \Cess\, v. i. [F. cesser. See Cease.]
   To cease; to neglect. [Obs.] --Spenser.