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English Dictionary: incessant by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incessant
adj
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting
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.
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