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cess C0217300 (sĕs)n. Irish Luck. [Possibly short for success.]cess (sɛs) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit (formerly) any of several special taxes, such as a land tax in Scotland2. (Historical Terms) (formerly, in Ireland)a. the obligation to provide the soldiers and household of the lord deputy with supplies at fixed pricesb. any military exactionvb3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) Brit to tax or assess for taxation4. (Historical Terms) (formerly in Ireland) to impose (soldiers) upon a population, to be supported by them[C16: short for assessment]
cess (sɛs) n an Irish slang word for luck: bad cess to you!. [C19: probably from cess1 (sense 2)]
cess (sɛs) n (Building) short for cesspoolcess (sɛs) n. Irish Eng. luck. [1855–60; perhaps aph. variant of success] cess Past participle: cessed Gerund: cessing
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I cess | you cess | he/she/it cesses | we cess | you cess | they cess |
Preterite |
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I cessed | you cessed | he/she/it cessed | we cessed | you cessed | they cessed |
Present Continuous |
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I am cessing | you are cessing | he/she/it is cessing | we are cessing | you are cessing | they are cessing |
Present Perfect |
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I have cessed | you have cessed | he/she/it has cessed | we have cessed | you have cessed | they have cessed |
Past Continuous |
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I was cessing | you were cessing | he/she/it was cessing | we were cessing | you were cessing | they were cessing |
Past Perfect |
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I had cessed | you had cessed | he/she/it had cessed | we had cessed | you had cessed | they had cessed |
Future |
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I will cess | you will cess | he/she/it will cess | we will cess | you will cess | they will cess |
Future Perfect |
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I will have cessed | you will have cessed | he/she/it will have cessed | we will have cessed | you will have cessed | they will have cessed |
Future Continuous |
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I will be cessing | you will be cessing | he/she/it will be cessing | we will be cessing | you will be cessing | they will be cessing |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been cessing | you have been cessing | he/she/it has been cessing | we have been cessing | you have been cessing | they have been cessing |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been cessing | you will have been cessing | he/she/it will have been cessing | we will have been cessing | you will have been cessing | they will have been cessing |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been cessing | you had been cessing | he/she/it had been cessing | we had been cessing | you had been cessing | they had been cessing |
Conditional |
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I would cess | you would cess | he/she/it would cess | we would cess | you would cess | they would cess |
Past Conditional |
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I would have cessed | you would have cessed | he/she/it would have cessed | we would have cessed | you would have cessed | they would have cessed |
cess
bad cess to (one)A curse of bad luck upon one. "Cess" is an Irish term for luck. Primarily heard in New Zealand. If you can just lie to me like that, then bad cess to you!See also: bad, cessbad cess to a curse on. chiefly Irish The origin of cess in this expression is probably linked to the historical requirement for Irish households to provide the soldiers of their English overlords with provisions at the low prices ‘assessed’ by the government. Alternatively, the word could be a shortened form of success .See also: bad, cessCESS
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