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SURCEASES
Noun
surceases
plural of surcease
Verb
surceases
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of surcease
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
SURCEASE
Sur*cease", n. Etym: [F. sursis, from sursis, p.p. of surseoir to suspend, postpone, defer, in OF., to delay, refrain from, forbear, L. supersedere. Surcease is not connected with E. cease. See Supersede.]
Definition: Cessation; stop; end. "Not desire, but its surcease." Longfellow. It is time that there were an end and surcease made of this immodest and deformed manner of writing. Bacon.
Sur*cease", v. t.
Definition: To cause to cease; to end. [Obs.] "The waves . . . their range surceast." Spenser. The nations, overawed, surceased the fight. Dryden.
Sur*cease", v. i.
Definition: To cease. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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