Sekirov Dictionary

cease

/siːs/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 6

verb3

•
(formal) to stop happening, or come to an end
- And with that, his twitching ceased.
- After a short while, it ceased to rain.
•
(formal) To stop doing (something).
- And with that, he ceased twitching.
•
(no longer used) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.
- The poor shall never cease out of the land. — 1611

noun1

(no longer used) Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

forms

ceased · ceasedst · ceasing · ceases · ceaseth · ceasest

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