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Definition of Cease
1. Verb. Put an end to a state or an activity. "They cease moving "; "Quit teasing your little brother"
Specialized synonyms: Drop, Knock Off, Leave Off, Sign Off, Retire, Withdraw, Pull The Plug, Close Off, Shut Off, Cheese, Call It A Day, Call It Quits, Break
Derivative terms: Cessation, Discontinuance, Discontinuation, Stop, Stop, Stop, Stoppage
Antonyms: Continue
2. Noun. ('cease' is a noun only in the phrase 'without cease') end.
3. Verb. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical. "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
Specialized synonyms: Pass Away, Lapse, Cut Out, Go Out, Adjourn, Break Up, Recess, Disappear, Vanish, Climax, Culminate, Run Out, Go, Run Low, Run Short, Disappear, Go Away, Vanish, Close, Conclude, Come Out, Turn Out, Discontinue, Break
Antonyms: Begin
Derivative terms: End, End, End, End, End, End, End, End, Finish, Finish, Finish, Terminative, Terminus
Definition of Cease
1. v. i. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
2. v. t. To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
3. n. Extinction.
Definition of Cease
1. Verb. (formal intransitive) To stop. ¹
2. Verb. (formal transitive) To stop doing (something), blin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cease
1. to stop [v CEASED, CEASING, CEASES] - See also: stop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cease
Literary usage of Cease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education (1854)
"Michael Stevens, elected by the people, will cease to hold office the thirty-first
day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four; ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"For He would leave these armies then, and come To smite us to confusion, all
alike, Guilty and guiltless, in one general wrack. cease, therefore, cease this ..."
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