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Surcease

Surcease Meaning & Definition
Surcease Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Surcease?

[n] a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Surcease: cessation

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See Also | halt | legal separation | separation | stop

Surcease In Webster's Dictionary

\Sur*cease"\, n. [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}.] 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. To cause to cease; to end. [Obs.] ``The waves . . . their range surceast.'' --Spenser. The nations, overawed, surceased the fight. --Dryden.
\Sur*cease"\, v. i. To cease. [Obs.]

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