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cease (sēs)

transitive verb, intransitive verb ceased, ceasing ceas′·ing

to bring or come to an end; stop; discontinue

Etymology: ME cesen < OFr cesser < L cessare, to loiter, be idle < pp. of cedere, yield: see cede

noun

a ceasing, as of some activity
chiefly in without cease

Etymology: ME & OFr ces < v.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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