Definition of cease

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Cease (v. t.) To put a stop to; to bring to an end.

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Ceaseless :: Ceaseless (a.) Without pause or end; incessant.
De- :: De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc..
Annat :: Annat (n.) A half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease..
Inventory :: Inventory (n.) An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business..
Surcease :: Surcease (n.) Cessation; stop; end.
Bury :: Bury (v. t.) Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume..
Decease :: Decease (n.) Departure, especially departure from this life; death..
Unhold :: Unhold (v. t.) To cease to hold; to unhand; to release.
Dishaunt :: Dishaunt (v. t.) To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt.
Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health..
Canonize :: Canonize (v. t.) To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized..
Vacate :: Vacate (v. t.) To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house..
Devastation :: Devastation (n.) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees..
Disappear :: Disappear (v. i.) To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared..
Stagger :: Stagger (n.) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
Leave :: Leave (v. i.) To cease; to desist; to leave off.
Requiem :: Requiem (n.) Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person..
Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church; a catalogue of saints..
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