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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Dormant, inactive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: abeyant, latent, torpid, at rest, cessant, dormant, dull, fallow, idle, inactive, inert, languid, nonactive, passive, quiescent, silent, sedent, sedentary, slow, suspended, unactive, unbusy, unemployed, unoccupied
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin cessans, present participle of cessare. See cease.
