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Vinony

cease

verb

  1. stop
L1876 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. act of discontinuance/stoppage
L317837 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /siːs/ / /sis/

name

Etymology: Probably an Americanized form of German Zies.

  1. A surname from German.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede.

  1. Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

    “the cease of majesty”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede.

  1. To stop.

    “And with that, his twitching ceased.”

    “After a short while, it ceased to rain.”

  2. To stop doing (something).

    “And with that, he ceased twitching.”

  3. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.

    “The poor shall never cease out of the land.”

    “[...] wherefore ceaſe we then? / Say they who counſel Warr, we are decreed, / Reſerv'd and deſtin'd to Eternal woe;”