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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cease \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 give over; to
        desist; as, the noise ceased. ``To cease from strife.''
        --Prov. xx. 3.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The poor shall never cease out of the land. --Deut.
                                                    xv. 11.
  
     Syn: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue;
          refrain; leave off; pause; end.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cease \Cease\, v. t.
     To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           But he, her fears to cease
           Sent down the meek-eyed peace.           --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Cease, then, this impious rage.          --Milton
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cease \Cease\, n.
     Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cease \Cease\, v. 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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cease \Cease\, n.
     Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cease \Cease\ (s[=e]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ceased; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Ceasing.] [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr. L.
     cessare, v. intemsive 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.
  
              The poor shall never cease out of the land. --Deut.
                                                    xv. 11.
  
     Syn: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue;
          refrain; leave off; pause; end.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  cease
       n : (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
       v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
            little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, give up,
            quit, lay off] [ant: continue]
       2: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense;
          either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate
          in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe
          upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the
          bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: end,
          stop, finish, terminate] [ant: begin]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cease
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) cessation; extinction (see without cease).
     vb.
     1 (lb en formal intransitive) To stop.
     2 (lb en formal transitive) To stop doing (something).
     3 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away,
  perish.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Cease
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  cease
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) cessation; extinction (see without cease).
     vb.
     1 (lb en formal intransitive) To stop.
     2 (lb en formal transitive) To stop doing (something).
     3 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away,
  perish.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Cease
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  cease
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) cessation; extinction (see without cease).
     vb.
     1 (lb en formal intransitive) To stop.
     2 (lb en formal transitive) To stop doing (something).
     3 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away,
  perish.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Cease
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  cease
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) cessation; extinction (see without cease).
     vb.
     1 (lb en formal intransitive) To stop.
     2 (lb en formal transitive) To stop doing (something).
     3 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away,
  perish.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Cease
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cease
     Englanti vb.
     1 lakata, loppua, päättyä
     2 vaieta
     3 pysähtyä
     4 lopettaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cease
     Engelska vb.
     sluta (med); upphöra (med)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  cease /sˈiːs/
  ophou

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Cease /sˈiːs/
  الوقف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  cease //siːs// 
  прекратявам, преставам, спирам
  intransitive