Obs. Also 6 -seaunce, -ceaunce, -ceyance, 6–7 -ceance. [a. OF. surseance, -ceance, -coyance (mod.F. surséance), f. surseoir: see SURCEASE and -ANCE.] (A) cessation or suspension (of hostilities).

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1523.  St. Papers Hen. VIII., IV. 72. If he woll not accept the surseaunce of warre.

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a. 1548.  Hall, Chron., Hen. VIII., 249. Beyng at the same tyme a surceaunce made on bothe sides.

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1579.  Fenton, Guicciard., XVIII. 1037. A surseance of armes to thend to giue sufferance and tyme to treate a peace.

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a. 1648.  Ld. Herbert, Hen. VIII. (1683), 601. A Surseance of War for five or six days was concluded.

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