To put an end to; discontinue: The factory ceased production. See synonyms at stop.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases.2. To stop performing an activity or action; desist: “fold our wings,/And cease from wanderings” (Tennyson).
NOUN:
Cessation; pause: We worked without cease to get the project finished on time.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English cesen, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessre, to stop, frequentative of cdere, to yield. See ked- in Appendix I.
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