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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
cease
    n 1: (`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, cease, give
         up, quit, lay off] [ant: bear on, carry on,
         continue, preserve, uphold]
    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, cease] [ant: begin, start]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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         Cease, then, this impious rage.          --Milton
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cease \Cease\, n.
   Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Cease:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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