'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'

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