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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
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
Synonyms:
2. terminate, end, culminate.
2. terminate, end, culminate.
Antonyms:
1, 2. begin.
1, 2. begin.
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| 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.
[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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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. --MiltonCease
Cease\, n. Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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