pease

[ peez ]

/ piz /

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noun, plural pease or peas·en

[pee-zuhn]. /ˈpi zən/. Archaic.

a pea.

British Dialect. a plural of pea¹.

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Origin of pease

before 900; Middle English pese,Old English peose, pise<Late Latin pisa feminine singular use of plural of Latin pisum (neuter) <Greek píson pea, pulse

OTHER WORDS FROM pease

peaselike, adjective

Words nearby pease

Peary, Robert E., peasant, peasant proprietor, peasantry, peasanty, pease, pease-brose, peasecod, peasecod breastplate, peasen, pease pudding

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How to use pease in a sentence

The former Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire marked our first stop.
How I’ll End the War: The Trip Over to Afghanistan|Nick Willard|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They also become eligible for the AMT, and if they aren't hit by the AMT, they will get hit by the Pease deduction phaseout.
Should People Who Make $250,000 a Year Worry About Obama's Tax Proposals?|Megan McArdle|November 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
(I mean the widow lady's whiskered companion)—I saw him eat pease with the very knife with which he had dissected the duck!
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches|William Makepeace Thackeray
Every rail and post was utilized for hitching, and Town-marshal Pease, his star displayed, patrolled the town to avert disorder.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland

The motion to allow Mr. Pease to make his solemn affirmation in place of the usual oath was agreed to unanimously.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
So we had a dish of mackerell and pease, and so he bid us good night, going to lie on board the hoy, and I to bed.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
Pease are in common use on every table in March, and every kind of culinary vegetable is equally forward.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

British Dictionary definitions for pease

pease

/ (piːz) /

noun plural pease

an archaic or dialect word for pea

Word Origin for pease

Old English peose, via Late Latin from Latin pisa peas, pl of pisum, from Greek pison

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