cease
21cease — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
22cease — v. & n. v.tr. & intr. stop; bring or come to an end (ceased breathing). n. (in without cease) unending. Phrases and idioms: cease fire Mil. stop firing. cease fire n. 1 the order to do this. 2 a period of truce; a suspension of hostilities.… …
23cease — /sees/, v., ceased, ceasing, n. v.i. 1. to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist. 2. to come to an end: At last the war has ceased. 3. Obs. to pass away; die out. v.t. 4. to put a stop or end to; discontinue: He begged… …
24cease — [[t]si͟ːs[/t]] ♦♦♦ ceases, ceasing, ceased 1) VERB If something ceases, it stops happening or existing. [FORMAL] At one o clock the rain had ceased. Syn: stop 2) VERB If you cease to do something, you stop doing it. [FORMAL] [V to inf] He never… …
25cease — [[t]sis[/t]] v. ceased, ceas•ing, n. 1) to stop; discontinue 2) to come to an end 3) Obs. to pass away; die out 4) to put a stop or end to; halt: to cease hostilities[/ex] 5) cessation: The noise continued without cease[/ex] • Etymology:… …
26cease — [14] Cease comes via Old French cesser from Latin cessāre ‘delay, stop’. This was derived from cessus, the past participle of cēdere ‘go away, withdraw, yield’, which was also the basis of cessation [14], from Latin cessātiō. => CESSATION …
27cease — verb come or bring to an end; stop. Phrases without cease without stopping. Origin ME: from OFr. cesser, from L. cessare, from cedere to yield …
28cease — verb 1) hostilities had ceased Syn: come to an end, come to a halt, end, halt, stop, conclude, terminate, finish, draw to a close, be over Ant: start, continue 2) they ceased al …
29cease — see wonders will never cease …
30cease — [14] Cease comes via Old French cesser from Latin cessāre ‘delay, stop’. This was derived from cessus, the past participle of cēdere ‘go away, withdraw, yield’, which was also the basis of cessation [14], from Latin cessātiō. Cf.⇒ CESSATION …
