Sekirov Dictionary

surcease

UK /səˈsiːs/US /ˈsɝˌsis/

verb 2
noun 1
forms 3

verb2

•
To come to an end; to desist.
- […] this distilled liquor drink thou off; / When presently through all thy veins shall run / A cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse / Shall keep his native progress, but surcease: — 1591
•
To bring to an end.
- The vvaves obedient to theyr beheast, / Them yielded ready passage, and their rage surceast. — 1590

noun1

•
Cessation; stop, stopping; end. Respite, intermission.
- It it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well / It were done quickly: if the assassination / Could trammel up the consequence, and catch / With his surcease success — 1606

forms

surceased · surceasing · surceases

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