'Cease' definitions:
Definition of 'cease'
(from WordNet)
noun
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
verb
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off] [ant: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold]
verb
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" [syn: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease] [ant: begin, start]
Definition of 'Cease'
From: GCIDE
- Cease \Cease\, v. t. To put a stop to; to bring to an end. [1913 Webster]
- But he, her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed peace. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Cease, then, this impious rage. --Milton [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cease'
From: GCIDE
- Cease \Cease\, n. Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cease'
From: GCIDE
- Cease \Cease\ (s[=e]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ceased (s[=e]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Ceasing.] [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr. L. cessare, v. intensive 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. "To cease from strife." --Prov. xx. 3. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cease'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abdicate,
- abjure,
- abort,
- acknowledge defeat,
- ad infinitum,
- be consumed,
- be done for,
- be gone,
- be no more,
- belay,
- calm,
- calm down,
- cancel,
- cease to be,
- cease to exist,
- ceaselessly,
- cede,
- cessation,
- close,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- conclude,
- conclusion,
- conk out,
- constantly,
- continually,
- continuously,
- cry quits,
- cut it out,
- dematerialize,
- depart,
- desist,
- desist from,
- desistance,
- determine,
- die,
- die away,
- die down,
- die out,
- disappear,
- discontinue,
- dispel,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- do a fade-out,
- drop,
- drop it,
- dwindle,
- ebb,
- end,
- ending,
- endlessly,
- erode,
- eternally,
- evanesce,
- evaporate,
- everlastingly,
- exit,
- expire,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- finish,
- finish up,
- flee,
- fly,
- forever,
- forgo,
- forswear,
- give over,
- give up,
- go,
- go away,
- halt,
- hand over,
- have done with,
- hide,
- hold,
- incessantly,
- infinitely,
- interminably,
- intermit,
- knock it off,
- knock off,
- lay down,
- lay off,
- leave no trace,
- leave off,
- leave the scene,
- lull,
- melt,
- melt away,
- molder,
- pacify,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass out,
- peg out,
- period,
- perish,
- perorate,
- perpetually,
- quiesce,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- quit,
- refrain,
- refrain from,
- relinquish,
- renounce,
- resign,
- resolve,
- retire from sight,
- run out,
- scrap,
- scratch,
- scrub,
- sink,
- sink away,
- soothe,
- stay,
- stop,
- subside,
- succumb,
- suffer an eclipse,
- surcease,
- surrender,
- terminate,
- termination,
- throw up,
- tranquilize,
- unendingly,
- unremittingly,
- vanish,
- vanish from sight,
- waive,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear away,
- wind up,
- without cease,
- yield