CEASE

cease

(noun) (‘cease’ is a noun only in the phrase ‘without cease’) end

end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

(verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; “the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”; “Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other”; “My property ends by the bushes”; “The symphony ends in a pianissimo”

discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off

(verb) put an end to a state or an activity; “Quit teasing your little brother”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

cease (third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased)

(formal, intransitive) To stop.

(formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).

(obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.

Synonyms

• (to stop): discontinue, hold, terminate; See also end or stop

• (to stop doing): arrest; discontinue; See also desist

• (to be wanting): desert, lack

Noun

cease

(obsolete) Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

Anagrams

• escae

Source: Wiktionary

Cease, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ceased; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceasing.] Etym: [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr. L. cessare, v. intemsive fr. cedere to withdraw. See Cede , and cf. Cessation.]

1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased "To cease from strife." Prov. xx. 3.

2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. The poor shall never cease out of the land. Deut. xv. 11.

Syn.

– To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.

Cease, v. t.

Definition: To put a stop to; to bring to an end. But he, her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed peace. Milton. Cease, then, this impious rage. Milton

Cease, n.

Definition: Extinction. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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