intransitive verb. To put an end to; discontinue: synonym: stop.

intransitive verb. To come to an end; stop.

intransitive verb. To stop performing an activity or action; desist.

noun. Cessation; ceasing.

To stop moving, acting, or speaking; leave off; give over; desist; come to rest: followed by from before a noun: as, cease from anger, labor, strife.

To come to an end; terminate; become extinct; pass away: as, the wonder ceases; the storm has ceased.

To put a stop to; put an end to; bring to an end: as, cease your clamor; he ceased debate.

noun. Cessation; extinction; failure.

noun. Extinction.

transitive verb. To put a stop to; to bring to an end.

intransitive verb. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist.

intransitive verb. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.

verb. To stop.

verb. To stop doing (something), blin.

noun. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end

verb. put an end to a state or an activity

verb. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

"Bellow is from John Newton (ex slave trader and guy who wrote amazing grace) read 227-252 "Thoughts on the slave trade" books. google.com "I verily believe, that the far greater part of the wars, in Africa, would cease, if the Europeans would cease to tempt them, by offering goods for slaves" Sorry I couldn't fit the whole thing on the descriptions box."

end  ending  

adjourn  break  breakup  call it a day  call it quits  

Bernice  Clarice  Clarisse  Denise  Elise  

after  beable  issueth  mobilium  

abandon  abdicate  abjure  abort  abstain  

ceased  ceases  ceasing