Pease Definition
pēz
peasen, pease
noun
A pea.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
verb
(obsolete) To bring (a war, conflict) to an end.
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Origin of Pease
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From Anglo-Norman paiser, pesser et al., Old French paisier, aphetic form of apaisier (“to appease"). Probably also partly from aphetic use of appease.
From Wiktionary
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From Old English pise, from Late Latin pisa, variant of Latin pisum (“pea"), from Ancient Greek πίσον (pison), variant of πίσος (pisos).
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Middle English pea
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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