Cease

v. i.	1.	To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased. [imp. & p. p. Ceased (sēst); p. pr. & vb. n. Ceasing.]
	2.	To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. The poor shall never cease out of the land. - Deut. xv. 11.
v. t.	1.	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
n.	1.	Extinction.

Noun	1.	cease - (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
Verb	1.	cease - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" Synonyms: discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up
	2.	cease - 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" Synonyms: end, terminate, finish, stop

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