PEASE

PEA

pea

(noun) seed of a pea plant used for food

pea, pea plant

(noun) a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds

pea

(noun) the fruit or seed of a pea plant

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Pease

An occupational surname for a seller or grower of peas.

A city in Minnesota.

Etymology 1

Noun

pease (plural peasen)

(archaic) Alternative form of pea (“common plant; its edible seed”)

Usage notes

• The original singular was pease (meaning “a pea”), and the plural was peasen. Because of the final [z]-sound, the singular then came to be reinterpreted as a plural form, leading to the backformation of a new singular pea.

Etymology 2

Verb

pease (third-person singular simple present peases, present participle peasing, simple past and past participle peased)

(obsolete) To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.

(obsolete) To bring (a war, conflict) to an end.

(obsolete) To placate, appease (someone).

Source: Wiktionary


Pease, n.; obs.pl. Peases, Peasen. Etym: [See Pea.]

1. A pea. [Obs.] "A peose." "Bread . . . of beans and of peses." Piers Plowman.

2. A plural form of Pea. See the Note under Pea.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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