▪ I. cessing, vbl. n.1 Obs. exc. Hist.
(ˈsɛsɪŋ)
[f. cess v.1 + -ing1.]
The levying of a cess; rating.
| 1882 J. Taylor Sc. Covenanters 50 Finings and cessings for causes for which there are no warrants. |
▪ II. † ˈcessing, vbl. n.2 Obs.
[f. cess v.2 + -ing1.]
1. The ceasing to perform legal duties; = cesser 1.
| 1570–6 Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 498 The Lord, after such a Cessing, ought..to seeke..whether any distresse may be found upon the Tenement, or No. 1641 Termes de la Ley 175 By this word Gavelet the Lord shall have the land for the cessing of the Tenant. |
2. Cession, surrender, abdication.
| 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. ccliii. 328 The peple woundred of the cesyng and resygnyng of pope felix to nycholas. |
3. Stopping, stoppage.
| 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 19 Preamb., Oure seid holye Fader..for the cessyng of the seid Scisme and errours hath..sent for ayde..into oure seid Sovereign Lorde. |