4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cease \Cease\, n.
Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cease
n : (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn: {discontinue}, {stop}, {give up},
{quit}, {lay off}] [ant: {continue}]
2: have an end in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense:
"My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a
pianissimo" [syn: {end}, {finish}, {terminate}] [ant: {begin}]
3: bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end "We
terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear
whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease
doing what you are doing!" [syn: {end}, {terminate}] [ant:
{begin}]
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