[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cease \cease\ s=es, v. i. imp.  p. p. ceased s=est;
   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
see also:
ceased ceasing cede cessation 

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