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Cease Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cease? [n] (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end [v] 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" [v] put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cease: end \| finish \| give up \| lay off \| quit \| stop \| terminate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cease: abandon \| abdicate \| abjure \| abort \| acknowledge defeat \| ad infinitum \| be consumed \| be done for \| be gone \| be no more \| belay \| calm \| calm down \| cancel \| cease to be \| cease to exist \| ceaselessly \| cede \| cessation \| close \| come to naught \| come to nothing \| conclude \| conclusion \| conk out \| constantly \| continually \| continuously \| cry quits \| cut it out \| dematerialize \| depart \| desist \| desist from \| desistance \| determine \| die \| die away \| die down \| die out \| disappear \| discontinue \| dispel \| disperse \| dissipate \| dissolve \| do a fade-out \| drop \| drop it \| dwindle \| ebb \| end \| ending \| endlessly \| erode \| eternally \| evanesce \| evaporate \| everlastingly \| exit \| expire \| fade \| fade away \| fade out \| finish \| finish up \| flee \| fly \| forever \| forgo \| forswear \| give over \| give up \| go \| go away \| halt \| hand over \| have done with \| hide \| hold \| incessantly \| infinitely \| interminably \| intermit \| knock it off \| knock off \| lay down \| lay off \| leave no trace \| leave off \| leave the scene \| lull \| melt \| melt away \| molder \| pacify \| pass \| pass away \| pass out \| peg out \| period \| perish \| perorate \| perpetually \| quiesce \| quiet \| quieten \| quit \| refrain \| refrain from \| relinquish \| renounce \| resign \| resolve \| retire from sight \| run out \| scrap \| scratch \| scrub \| sink \| sink away \| soothe \| stay \| stop \| subside \| succumb \| suffer an eclipse \| surcease \| surrender \| terminate \| termination \| throw up \| tranquilize \| unendingly \| unremittingly \| vanish \| vanish from sight \| waive \| wane \| waste \| waste away \| wear away \| wind up \| without cease \| yield See Also \| adjourn \| break \| break up \| cheese \| climax \| close \| close off \| come out \| culminate \| cut out \| die hard \| disappear \| discontinue \| drop \| end \| end up \| ending \| fetch up \| finish up \| go \| go away \| go out \| knock off \| land up \| lapse \| leave off \| pass away \| pull the plug \| recess \| retire \| run low \| run short \| shut off \| sign off \| turn out \| vanish \| wind up \| withdraw Cease In Webster's Dictionary \Cease\ (s[=e]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ceased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ceasing}.] [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. 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. Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak.

Cease Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cease?

[n] (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
[v] 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"
[v] put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

Cease In Webster's Dictionary

\Cease\ (s[=e]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ceased}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Ceasing}.] [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.
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.
Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak.

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