Cease
to stop; discontinue:
Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
to come to an end:
At last the war has ceased.
Obsolete. to pass away; die out.
to put a stop or end to; discontinue:
He begged them to cease their quarreling.
cessation:
The noise of the drilling went on for hours without cease.
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verb
when tr, may take a gerund or an infinitive as object. to bring or come to an end; desist from; stop
noun
without cease, without stopping; incessantly
v.
c.1300, cesen, from Old French cesser “to come to an end, stop, cease; give up, desist,” from Latin cessare “to cease, go slow, give over, leave off, be idle,” frequentative of cedere (past participle cessus) “go away, withdraw, yield” (see cede). Related: Ceased; ceasing. Old English in this sense had geswican, blinnan.
n.
“cessation, stopping,” c.1300, from cease (n.) or else from Old French cesse “cease, cessation,” from cesser.
In addition to the idiom beginning with cease
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- Cease-fire
a cessation of hostilities; truce. Military. an order issued for a cease-fire. Contemporary Examples Historical Examples n. also ceasefire, “a cessation of shooting,” 1916, from verbal phrase cease fire, 1847 as a military command (formerly also signaled by bugles), from cease (v.) + fire (n.) in the gunnery sense. Generally two words until after mid-20c.
- Ceaseless
without stop or pause; unending; incessant. Contemporary Examples Historical Examples adjective without stop or pause; incessant adj. 1580s, from cease (n.) + -less. Related: Ceaselessly; ceaselessness.
- Ceaselessly
without stop or pause; unending; incessant. Contemporary Examples Historical Examples adjective without stop or pause; incessant adj. 1580s, from cease (n.) + -less. Related: Ceaselessly; ceaselessness.
- Ceasing
to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist. to come to an end: At last the war has ceased. Obsolete. to pass away; die out. to put a stop or end to; discontinue: He begged them to cease their quarreling. cessation: The noise of the drilling went on for hours without cease. […]