About The Word Surcease
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Surcease
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What's The Definition Of Surcease?
[n] a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Surcease: cessation Related Terms | Find terms related to Surcease: 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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