CEASE
\sˈiːs], \sˈiːs], \s_ˈiː_s]\
Definitions of CEASE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
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(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
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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"
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put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
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(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
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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"
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To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
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To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
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