cass
verbnouncommon in dialogue
To render moot or void; to annul; to reject
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo render moot or void; to annul; to reject
1687 James II/VII of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland Declaration of Indulgence […] Do therefore, with Advice and Consent aforesaid, Cass, Annul and Discharge all Oaths whatsoever, by which any of Our Subjects are incapacitated or disabled from holding Places, or Offices in Our said Kingdom […]
Etymology
From Middle English cassen, from Old French casser, from Late Latin cassō, from Latin cassus (“empty, hollow”), and perhaps influenced by quassō (“to shake, shatter”).
noun
- 1
Variant of cassettedatedAbbreviation of cassette.
STOCK CONTROL / CASS / DATASOFT / 12.81
Radio Shaft color computer w/printer & cass. drive, several programs, $250.
Forms
- past tense
- cassed
- past participle
- cassed
- present participle
- cassing
- third person singular
- casses