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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.
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Ceasing
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
5.
cessation: The noise of the drilling went on for hours without cease.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English ces(s)en < Old French cesser < Latin cessāre to leave off, equivalent to cess(us) (past participle of cēdere to withdraw, go; ced- go + -tus past participle suffix) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive ending; see cede
1250–1300; Middle English ces(s)en < Old French cesser < Latin cessāre to leave off, equivalent to cess(us) (past participle of cēdere to withdraw, go; ced- go + -tus past participle suffix) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive ending; see cede
Related forms
un·ceased, adjective
Synonyms
2. terminate, end, culminate.
2. terminate, end, culminate.
Antonyms
1, 2. begin.
1, 2. begin.
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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. Ceaseless is recorded from 1586; ceaselessly from 1593. Cease-fire "armistice" is from 1918.
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