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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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