4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cease \Cease\, v. t.
To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
But he, her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed
peace. --Milton.
Cease, then, this impious rage. --Milton
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cease \Cease\, n.
Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cease \Cease\ (s[=e]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. ``To cease from strife.''
--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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cease
n : (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn: {discontinue}, {stop}, {give up},
{quit}, {lay off}] [ant: {continue}]
2: 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}] [ant: {begin}]