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cessare
Latin · ancient
"to cease"
to cease, frequentative of cedere (to go, yield)
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incessans
Latin · ancient
"not ceasing"
not ceasing, from in- (not) and cessare (to cease)
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incessant
English · 1400s
"continuing without pause or interruption"
settled as the English word for something continuing without pause
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