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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
