surcease

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
surcease/səːˈsiːs/

▶noun archaic or N. Amer.

1 cessation.

2 relief.

▶verb archaic cease.

– origin ME: from OFr. sursis, surseoir ‘refrain, delay’, from L. supersedere (see supersede); the change in the ending was due to assoc. with cease.

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