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Definition of Ceased
1. cease [v] - See also: cease
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceased
Literary usage of Ceased
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"Of one who has entered the first trance the voice has ceased; of one who has
entered the second trance reasoning and reflection have ceased; of one who has ..."
2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"During the whole of the night the cries of the wounded and drowning crew were
heard by the French, who, although all opposition had ceased, waited for ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Wailing, the mother spake, and ceased in tears. Meantime his wife knew nought,
for none had borne The message, that her husband thus had stood For single ..."
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