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Webster 1913 Edition
Cease
Cease
(sēs)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ceased
(sēst)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ceasing
.] 1.
To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist;
“To as, the noise
. ceased
cease
from strife.” Prov. xx. 3.
2.
To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
Syn. – To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.
Cease
,Verb.
T.
To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
But he, her fears to
Sent down the meek-eyed peace.
cease
Sent down the meek-eyed peace.
Milton.
Cease
, then, this impious rage. Milton
Cease
,Noun.
Extinction.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cease
CEASE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To stop moving, acting or speaking; to leave of; to give over; followed by from before a noun. It is an honor for a man to cease from strife. Prov. 20.
2.
To fail; to be wanting.The poor shall never cease out of the land. Deut. 15.
3.
To stop; to be at an end; as, the wonder ceases; the storm has ceased.4.
To be forgotten.I would make the remembrance of them to cease. Deut. 32.
5.
To abstain; as, cease from anger. Ps. 37.To cease from labor, is to rest; to cease from strife, is to be quiet; but in such phrases, the sense of cease is not varied.
CEASE
,Verb.
T.
CEASE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cease
cease
English
Verb
cease (third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased)
- (formal, intransitive) To stop.
- And with that, his twitching ceased.
- (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
- And with that, he ceased twitching.
- (obsolete) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
- Bible, Deuteronomy xv. 11
- The poor shall never cease out of the land.
- Bible, Deuteronomy xv. 11
Translations
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