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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

armistice

, fr. (an assumed word) L.

armistitium

;

arma

arms +

stare

statum

(combining form,

-stitum

), to stand still.]

A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.

Noun.

[L. arma and sisto, to stand still, Gr.]

A cessation of arms, for a short time, by convention; a truce; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the parties.