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English Dictionary: cease	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cease n (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end v put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" Synonym(s): discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off Antonym(s): bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" Synonym(s): end, stop, finish, terminate, cease Antonym(s): begin, start
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cease \Cease\ (s[emac]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. [bd]To cease from strife.[b8] --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 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.