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cease    Audio Help   [sees] Pronunciation Key verb, ceased, ceas·ing, noun
–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]

2. terminate, end, culminate.
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.
  1. To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases.
  2. 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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cease 
c.1300, from O.Fr. cesser, from L. cessare "to cease, go slow," frequentative of cedere "go away, withdraw, yield" (see cede). Replaced O.E. geswican, and blinnan. Cease-fire "armistice" is from 1918.

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cease

noun
1. ('cease' is a noun only in the phrase 'without cease') end 

verb
1. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: discontinue] [ant: bear on
2. 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" [syn: end] [ant: begin

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

cease

In addition to the idiom beginning with cease, also see wonders will never cease.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cease [siːs] verb
to stop or (bring to an) end
Example: They were ordered to cease firing; That department has ceased to exist; This foolishness must cease!; Cease this noise!
Arabic: يَتَوَقَّف
Chinese (Simplified): 停止
Chinese (Traditional): 停止
Czech: přestat, zastavit
Danish: ophøre
Dutch: ophouden, ophouden met
Estonian: lakkama, lõpetama
Finnish: lakata, lopettaa
French: cesser
German: aufhören
Greek: σταματώ, παύω
Hungarian: abbahagy
Icelandic: hætta
Indonesian: berhenti
Italian: cessare, smettere
Japanese: やめる
Korean: 그만두다
Latvian: beigt; pārtraukt
Lithuanian: nustoti, sustabdyti
Norwegian: opphøre, slutte
Polish: kończyć (się)
Portuguese (Brazil): cessar
Portuguese (Portugal): cessar
Romanian: a înceta
Russian: прекращать(ся)
Slovak: skončiť
Slovenian: prenehati
Spanish: cesar
Swedish: upphöra
Turkish: dur(dur)mak
See also: ceaseless

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Cease

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.
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Cease

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
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Cease

Cease\, n. Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak.
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