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pease¹

  • /piːz/

Sounds like peas · Rhymes with -iːz

Where it comes from

From Middle English pese (“pea”), from Old English pise (“pea”), from Late Latin pisa, variant of Latin pisum (“pea”), from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson), variant of πίσος (písos).

noun peasen

  1. alternative, archaic Alternative form of pea (“common plant; its edible seed”). Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, […]

noun

  1. archaic, plural plural of pea The due proportion for any land (except it be a very light blowing ſand) is two beans for one pea; by which means, they will be (without doubt) a ſtanding crop, as the beans will be (as it were, a rodding for the peaſe; in this caſe they are aſſiſtants to each other; for as the peaſe are kept ſtandi

pease²

  • /piːz/

Sounds like peas · Rhymes with -iːz

Where it comes from

From Anglo-Norman paiser, pesser et al., Old French paisier, aphetic form of apaisier (“to appease”). Probably also partly from aphetic use of appease.

verb peases · peasing · peased

  1. obsolete To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.
  2. obsolete To bring (a war, conflict) to an end.
  3. obsolete To placate, appease (someone). And yf this come to the rulers eares, we wyll pease him, and make you safe.

Pease³

proper noun

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a seller or grower of peas.
  2. A minor city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.
  3. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
  4. A township in Belmont County, Ohio.

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@misc{pease_2026,
  title = {pease},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pease},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}