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verb (used without object)
1.
to cease from some action; desist.
2.
to come to an end.
verb (used with object)
3.
Archaic. to cease from; leave off.
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noun
4.
cessation; end.
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- More numerous, but relatively small, is the number that seek surcease from pain when aching or ulcerated teeth are to be drawn.
- Electricity has given so much comfort to womankind, such surcease to her life of drudgery.
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Word Origin & History
surcease
early 15c., from Anglo-Fr. surseser, from O.Fr. sursis, pp. of surseoir "to refrain, delay," from L. supersedere (see supersede). The English spelling with -c- was influenced by the unrelated verb cease.
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