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Webster 1913 Edition

Cease

Cease

(sēs)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ceased
(sēst)
;
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.
2.
To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
Syn. – To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.

Cease

,
Verb.
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

Cease

,
Noun.
Extinction.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cease

CEASE

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To stop moving, acting or speaking; to leave of; to give over; followed by from before a noun.
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife. Prov. 20.
2.
To fail; to be wanting.
The poor shall never cease out of the land. Deut. 15.
3.
To stop; to be at an end; as, the wonder ceases; the storm has ceased.
4.
To be forgotten.
I would make the remembrance of them to cease. Deut. 32.
5.
To abstain; as, cease from anger. Ps. 37.
To cease from labor, is to rest; to cease from strife, is to be quiet; but in such phrases, the sense of cease is not varied.

CEASE

,
Verb.
T.
To put a stop to; to put an end to. Cease this impious rage. [But in this use the phrase is generally elliptical,]

CEASE

,
Noun.
Extinction.

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