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incessant

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incessant  \In*ces"sant\,  a.  [L.  incessans,  -antis;  pref.  in-  not 
  +  cessare  to  cease:  cf  F.  incessant.  See  {Cease}.] 
  Continuing  or  following  without  interruption;  unceasing; 
  unitermitted  uninterrupted;  continual;  as  incessant 
  clamors;  incessant  pain,  etc 
 
  Against  the  castle  gate,  .  .  .  Which  with  incessant 
  force  and  endless  hate,  They  batter'd  day  and  night  and 
  entrance  did  await.  --Spenser. 
 
  Syn:  Unceasing;  uninterrupted;  unintermitted  unremitting; 
  ceaseless;  continual;  constant;  perpetual. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  incessant 
  adj  1:  occurring  so  frequently  as  to  seem  ceaseless  or 
  uninterrupted;  "a  child's  incessant  questions";  "your 
  perpetual  (or  continual)  complaints"  [syn:  {perpetual}, 
  {endless}] 
  2:  uninterrupted  in  time  and  indefinitely  long  continuing;  "the 
  ceaseless  thunder  of  surf";  "in  constant  pain";  "night  and 
  day  we  live  with  the  incessant  noise  of  the  city";  "the 
  never-ending  search  for  happiness";  "the  perpetual 
  struggle  to  maintain  standards  in  a  democracy";  "man's 
  unceasing  warfare  with  drought  and  isolation"; 
  "unremitting  demands  of  hunger"  [syn:  {ceaseless},  {constant}, 
  {never-ending},  {perpetual},  {unceasing},  {unremitting}]




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