a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. cessānt-em, pr. pple. of cessāre to CEASE.] That ceases to act; characterized by cessation or intermission. Hence Cessantly adv., intermittently, at intervals.
1648. W. Mountague, Devout Ess., Ep. Ded. Such a way, as renders even this cessant state in some sort active.
1701. Howe, Occas. Conformity, Wks. (1834), 183/1. As the cessant or diminished weight of such reasons shall allow.
1746. Parsons, in Phil. Trans., XLIV. 44. I personally knew a Gentleman … who cessantly winked with one Eye.
