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Dictionary Information: Definition Cease
Thesaurus: Cessation
Description and Meaning:
The Cessation of Discrimination
The Cessation of Introspection
The Cessation of Discrimination of Knowledge of Objects
The Cessation of Discrimination of Knowledge of Reality
The Cessation of Discrimination of Knowledge of Ultimate Reality
The Cessation of Discrimination of Knowledge of the Absolute
The Cessation of the Self

Cease (Cease) (?), 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.

Synonyms -- To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.

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

Cease (Cease), n.

Extinction. [Obs.] Shak.