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cease

[sees] 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 cēdere to withdraw, go; ced- go + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re inf. ending; see cede


2. terminate, end, culminate.


1, 2. begin.
cease   (sēs)   
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.]

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.

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

Cease

Cease\, n. Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak.
Language Translation for : cease
Spanish: cesar,
German: aufhören,
Japanese: やめる

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.

cease

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

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