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# incessant

adjective

«incessant» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Incessant means never stopping, going on and on without a break. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessant/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, endless rain, scrubbing or nagging that makes a person weary

### Examples

- The incessant rain flooded the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessant/#x1)
- The baby's incessant crying kept us awake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessant/#x2)
- His incessant questions made the teacher smile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessant/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It describes a conquering king's endless blows against nations, with no stopping.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah sings of the fall of the king of Babylon, and tradition reads it as proof that cruel power will end.

### Examples

- That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained. (Prophets ISA.14.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incessant/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «incessant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«incessant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/incessant.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «incessant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/incessant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«incessant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/incessant.html) on Mova free.