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Definition of Ceases
1. cease [v] - See also: cease
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceases
Literary usage of Ceases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by William Randolph Hearst (1851)
"WONDER NEVER ceases. It might be thought that the progress of science would
destroy the pleasure arising from the perusal of works of fiction, by showing us ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... State are exempt from taxation lor ten yearn if the lands are not sooner
reclaimed : but it they are. then the exemption ceases on the reclamation. [No. ..."
3. Fundamentals of Essay Writing: An Orientation Manual : Questions, Answers by Erskine Peters (1900)
"Green-sickness yields to his treatment as to a charm of magic; and the youth,
after a short course of reading, ceases to carry the universe upon his ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1889)
"... evidence of their continued existence by rendering similar thought pro- ceases
easier. Great difficulties are encountered in experimenting upon memory. ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"His “ when a titled lady marries one without a title, father, writing to the
latter on the 20th April, she ceases to retain her rank, unless it is heredi- ..."
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