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cease¹

  • /sis/ US
  • /siːs/ UK

Rhymes with -iːs

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Latin cēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin cessōder.

Middle French cesserbor.

Middle English cesen

English cease

From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede.

verb ceases · ceasing · ceased · cease

  1. formal, intransitive To stop. And with that, his twitching ceased.
  2. formal, transitive To stop doing (something). And with that, he ceased twitching.
  3. intransitive, obsolete To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish. The poor shall never cease out of the land.

noun

  1. obsolete Cessation; extinction (see without cease). the cease of majesty

Cease²

  • /siːs/

Where it comes from

Probably an Americanized form of German Zies.

proper noun Ceases

  1. A surname from German.

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