cass
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English cassen, from Old French casser, from Late Latin cassō, from Latin cassus (“empty, hollow”), and perhaps influenced by quassō (“to shake, shatter”).
Verb
editcass (third-person singular simple present casses, present participle cassing, simple past and past participle cassed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To render moot or void; to annul; to reject[1]
- 1687 James II/VII of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland Declaration of Indulgence
- […] Do therefore, with Advice and Consent aforesaid, Cass, Annul and Discharge all Oaths whatsoever, by which any of Our Subjects are incapacitated or disabled from holding Places, or Offices in Our said Kingdom […]
- 1687 James II/VII of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland Declaration of Indulgence
Etymology 2
editNoun
editcass
- (computing, dated) Abbreviation of cassette.
- 1985, Stephen Doyle, GCSE Computer Studies for You, page 214:
- STOCK CONTROL / CASS / DATASOFT / 12.81
- 1988, PC Mag, volume 7, number 7, page 62:
- Radio Shaft color computer w/printer & cass. drive, several programs, $250.
References
edit- ^ “cass”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editManx
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editPronunciation
editNoun
editcass f (genitive singular coshey, plural cassyn)
- foot, leg
- Ta cass echey 'syn oaie. ― He has one foot in the grave.
Derived terms
editMutation
editManx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cass | chass | gass |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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