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–verb (used without object)

1.	to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.

2.	to come to an end: At last the war has ceased.

3.	Obsolete. to pass away; die out.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to put a stop or end to; discontinue: He begged them to cease their quarreling.

–noun

5.	cessation: The noise of the drilling went on for hours without cease.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME ces(s)en < OF cesser < L cessāre to leave off, equiv. to cess(us) (ptp. of cédere to withdraw, go; ced- go + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re inf. ending; see cede

]

—Synonyms 2. terminate, end, culminate.

—Antonyms 1, 2. begin.

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cease Audio Help   (sēs) Pronunciation Key
v.   ceased, ceas·ing, ceas·es

v.   tr.
To put an end to; discontinue: The factory ceased production. See Synonyms at stop.

v.   intr.

To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases.
To stop performing an activity or action; desist: "fold our wings,/And cease from wanderings" (Tennyson).

n. Cessation; pause: We worked without cease to get the project finished on time.

[Middle English cesen, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessāre, to stop, frequentative of cēdere, to yield; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]

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