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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.
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2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
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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.
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