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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cease/siːs/
▶verb come or bring to an end; stop.
– phrases
without cease without stopping.
without cease without stopping.
– origin ME: from OFr. cesser, from L. cessare, from cedere ‘to yield’.
'cease' also found in these Oxford entries:
avast
- break
- breath
- capitulate
- cessation
- cesser
- close
- decriminalize
- defervescence
- disappear
- drop
- dry
- fall
- finger
- fold
- forget
- give
- incessant
- jack
- lapse
- leave
- lose
- move
- off
- ossify
- part
- recede
- relinquish
- rest
- retire
- rise
- rouse
- run
- seed
- shell
- shut
- stop
- surcease
- suspend
- switch
- touch
- unpeg
- vanish
- window
- withdraw
- wonder
Forum discussions with the word(s) "cease" in the title:
"But cease now in peace"
a spring silkworm cease spinning its cocoon
cease colluding
cease from one's wickedness.
Cease Vs Fail?
cease, end?
difference between cease and desist
fulfil a cease-fire agreement
stop - cease?
The cease-fire (agreement)
to cease the pain is to / cease the pain is
When did "How plead you" cease being used?
a spring silkworm cease spinning its cocoon
cease colluding
cease from one's wickedness.
Cease Vs Fail?
cease, end?
difference between cease and desist
fulfil a cease-fire agreement
stop - cease?
The cease-fire (agreement)
to cease the pain is to / cease the pain is
When did "How plead you" cease being used?
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