cancel (kansel)

[In older E. form chancel, q. v., A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts to a person whose spirit desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body. Jer. Taylor , Life of Christ, III., Disc. xv. § 9. 2. [ 3. [ cancel (kan's el), v.; pret. and pp. canceled or cancelled, ppr. canceling or cancelling. [Formerly also can cell; IMG:content-3015.png:[blocks in formation]