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• cease — I verb abate, abrogate, abstain from, adjourn, annul, arrest, be all over, be at an end, be silent, become void, bring to an end, cancel, cause to halt, check, close, come to a close, come to a standstill, come to an end, conclude, consummate,… …   Law dictionary

• Cease — (s[=e]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ceased} (s[=e]st); 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cease — [v] stop, conclude back off, break off, bring to an end, call it a day*, call it quits*, close, close out, come to an end, culminate, cut it out*, desist, die, discontinue, drop, end, fail, finish, give over, halt, intermit, knock off*, leave off …   New thesaurus

• cease — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. cesser to come to an end, stop, cease; give up, desist, from L. cessare to cease, go slow, give over, leave off, be idle, frequentative of cedere go away, withdraw, yield (see CEDE (Cf. cede)). Replaced O.E. geswican and… …   Etymology dictionary

• off — ► ADVERB 1) away from the place in question. 2) so as to be removed or separated. 3) starting a journey or race. 4) so as to bring to an end or be discontinued. 5) (of an electrical appliance or power supply) not functioning or so as to cease to… …   English terms dictionary

• cease — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, acknowledge defeat, ad infinitum, be consumed, be done for, be gone, be no more, belay, calm, calm down, cancel, cease to be, cease to exist, ceaselessly, cede, cessation, close, come… …   Moby Thesaurus

• cease — verb 1) hostilities had ceased Syn: come to an end, come to a halt, end, halt, stop, conclude, terminate, finish, draw to a close, be over Ant: start, continue 2) they ceased al …   Thesaurus of popular words

• cease — /sees/, v., ceased, ceasing, n. v.i. 1. to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist. 2. to come to an end: At last the war has ceased. 3. Obs. to pass away; die out. v.t. 4. to put a stop or end to; discontinue: He begged… …   Universalium

• off — adverb 1》 away from the place in question. 2》 so as to be removed or separated. 3》 starting a journey or race. 4》 so as to bring to an end or be discontinued. 5》 (of an electrical appliance or power supply) not functioning or so as to cease to… …   English new terms dictionary

• cease — I. v. n. 1. Desist, stop, stay, break off, leave off, give over. 2. Fail, be extinct, be wanting. 3. Terminate, end, be at an end, come to an end, blow over. II. v. a. Leave off, stop, desist from, give over, end …   New dictionary of synonyms

• cease — To stop; to become extinct; to pass away; to suspend or forfeit. To leave off; bring to an end; to come to an end; break off or taper off to a stop; to give over or bring to an end an activity or action. Liller v. Logsdon, 261 Md. 367, 275 A.2d… …   Black's law dictionary