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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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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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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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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.