Cease

Definition: Cease

Cease

Noun

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

Verb

1. Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother".

2. Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense: "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo".

3. Bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end; "We terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease doing what you are doing!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cease" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Cease \Cease\ (s[=e]s), intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Ceased; Ceasing.]. (references)

Synonyms: Cease

Advice

Phrase: "give every man thine ear but few thy voice"; "I pray thee cease thy counsel"; "my guide, philosopher, and friend"; "'twas good advice and meant, my son be good"; verbum sat sapienti; vive memor leti; "we, ask advice but we mean approbation".

Cessation

Verb: cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt; break off, leave off; hold, stop, pull up, stop short; stick, hang fire; halt; pause, rest; burn out, blow out, melt down.

Death

Verb: die, expire, perish; meet one's death, meet one's end; pass away, be taken; yield one's breath, resign one's breath; resign one's being, resign one's life; end one's days, end one's life, end one's earthly career; breathe one's last; cease to live, cease to breathe; depart this life; be no more. Adjective: go off, drop off, pop off; lose one's life, lay down one's life, relinquish one's life, surrender one's life; drop into the grave, sink into the grave; close one's eyes; fall dead, drop dead, fall down dead, drop down dead; break one's neck; give up the ghost, yield up the ghost; be all over with one.

End

Verb: end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die; come-, draw- to a -close; Noun: have run its course; run out, pass away. bring to an -end; Noun: put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve; (complete); stop; (make to cease); shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.

Inexistence

Verb: not exist; have no existence; be null and void; cease to exist; pass away, perish; be extinct, become extinct; Adjective: die out; disappear; melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind; go, be no more; die.

Prohibition

Hands off! keep off! hold! stop! desist! cease and desist! avast!

Crosswords: Cease

Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, it'd cease to be a filthy animal (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary)

No, it is not your aspect, but your manner that betrays you. Do you not ride the ship of time? Does it not deceive the senses by being larger within than without? Come, Merlin, cease these games (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

Beauty and brains. I never cease to amaze myself (Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco; writing credit: Chris Hauty)

As a duly designated representative of the City, County and State of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activities and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension (Ghost Busters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)

If they exist in her, Buffy contains everything that is me, and she becomes me. I cease to exist (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Because they say that miracles never cease ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did, I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, they will never cease to be amused. (references; author: unknown)

Cease Fire! (1953)

After Cease to Exist (1977)

Cease to Exist No. 1 (1975)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Cease Fire: Searching for Sanity in America's Culture Wars (reference)

• Cease to Exit: A Creation Books Reader (reference)

• I Cease Not to Yowl: Ezra Pound's Letters to Olivia Rossetti Agresti (reference)

• Liberation Theology After the End of History: The Refusal to Cease Suffering (Radical Orthodoxy) (reference)

• The Y2K Computer Problem Will Cause Havoc & Worldwide Panic: Civilization As We Know It Will Cease to Exist & A Wave of Fear Will Cover the Earth, un (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Cease Fire (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Cease & Settle (reference)

• Until the Grinders Cease (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

In 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global eradication of smallpox and recommended that all countries cease vaccination. Credit: CDC.

The child is being vaccinated in both arms using a Hypospray Jet Gun. In 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global eradication of smallpox, and recommended that all countries cease vaccination. Credit: CDC.

"Silhouetted against the late afternoon Korean sky, Marine PFC Wm. E. Lunsford, ..., scans suspected Communist ground for signs of enemy activity. Cease fire rumours do not slow down the U.S. Marines in their relentless drive to secure bloody 'Punch Bowl' Valley in Korea." Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 2 July 1951. Note tripod-mounted camera in the background, binoculars and M1 rifle. Credit: NAVY.

When the wicked cease from troubling --. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Cease! This is Christmas Day and no occasion for unseemly levity! The Webster alliance submits suitable greetings". Credit: Library of Congress.

Come! Unity Press, 13 East 17 Seventeenth St., an offset print shop ... may cease to exist ... Credit: Library of Congress.

The racist dog policemen must withdraw immediately from our communities, cease their wanton murder and brutality ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Hereafter, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease while the earth remaineth. (Second Treatise of Government)

It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right. (reference)

It has been objected that upon the abolition of private property all work will cease, and universal laziness will overtake us. (reference)

No such amendment shall bind any Member of the League which signifies its dissent therefrom, but in that case it shall cease to be a Memb,er of the League. (reference)

But we must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the joint inheritance of the English-speaking world and which through Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, the Habeas Corpus, trial by jury, and the English common law find their most famous expression in the American Declaration of Independence. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

If the individual indicates, prior to or during questioning, that he wishes to remain silent, the interrogation must cease; if he states that he wants an attorney, the questioning must cease until an attorney is present. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The couplet does not cease to be, nor does its meaning change

Oh, Favourite, I cease to thou you, for I pass from poetry to prose

His soul, stifling and helpless, would cease to be.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Most often the spasms occur in clusters during which the intensity or the frequency of the spasms may increase progressively to a peak, decline, or cease. (references)

While this type of surgery is very radical and is performed only as a last resort, children often recover very well from the procedure, and their seizures usually are greatly reduced or may cease altogether. (references)

Within a week or so, rats receiving these transplants cease to exhibit telltale signs of pain. Scientists, working with support from the NINDS, believe the transplants help the animals recover from pain-related cellular damage. (references)

Business

Through anecdotal evidence and media reports, we know some factories did cease operations during the crisis. (references)

If damages are evident, the court will make a preliminary injunction and order the defendant to cease and desist from the offending advertising activity. (references)

At present, Telkom is governed by ministerial guidelines and interconnection that will cease to be effective on May 7, 2000. Infrastructure sharing will promote efficient interconnectivity. (references)

Children

Kenya

During the year, corporal punishment of students was banned formally; however, it reportedly did not cease completely in practice. (references)

Civil Liberties

Paraguay

A cease and desist order against "ABC Color" reporter Hugo Ruiz Olazar has been lifted. (references)

Gambia

The decrees require all newspapers to post a $6,500 (100,000 dalasi) bond or cease publication. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

Consequently, Egypt is likely to cease being an oil exporter in the next decade. (references)

Colombia

Thus, U.S. companies found doing business with SDNTs will be notified by OFAC to cease and desist. (references)

South Africa

However, as part of the Public Finance Management Act Regulations the tender boards will cease to exist on March 31, 2002. (references)

Human Rights

Macau

Such a decision is to be revoked if those motives cease to exist. (references)

Uzbekistan

The officers warned her to cease her human rights monitoring activities. (references)

Jordan

Ghosheh was detained at QAIA until June 30, when the Government admitted him to the country in return for his pledge to cease his HAMAS activities. (references)

Political Economy

India

The Government extended a cease fire in Jammu and Kashmir, begun in November 2000, until May. (references)

EL SALVADOR

In trademark cases, there have been problems in getting enforcement of rulings ordering violators to cease using well known marks. (references)

NIGERIA

A worker engaged in an essential service is required under penalty of law to provide his employer 15 days advance notice of his intention to cease work. (references)

Political Rights

Taiwan

In 2000 the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau was ordered to cease political intelligence gathering regarding politicians and political parties, and to concentrate on criminal matters. (references)

Women

Chad

In a subsequent meeting with the national women's group during the year, the group called upon the Government and the rebels to cease the fighting in the Tibesti. (references)

Worker Rights

Poland

Sanctions for the illegal employment of children range from warning letters to orders to cease the work of underage employees. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "cease": cease and desist order ♦ cease doing smth. ♦ cease engagement ♦ cease fire ♦ cease fire! ♦ cease loading ♦ cease ringing ♦ cease to apply ♦ cease to love ♦ cease to use ♦ cease working ♦ make to cease ♦ permanent cease fire ♦ without cease. Additional references.

Beginning with "cease": cease-and-desist, cease-fire.

Afrikaans

ophou (come to an end, end, end up, expire, stop). (various references)

Albanian

pushoj (desist, die, discontinue, dismiss, give over, hush, intermit, pacify, pass, pause, quiet down, quieten, quit, rest, shut down, Stow), pushim (break, cessation, chuck, discharge, dismissal, dismission, intermission, leave, letup, outage, pause, playtime, recess, recreation, relaxation, reprieve, respite, rest, standstill, stoppage), ndaloj (arrest, balk, ban, bar, baulk, block, break down, challenge, close down, come to a halt, debar, detain, disallow, disqualify, enjoin, estop, forbid, halt, impede, inhibit, interdict, negative, nip, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, pull up, stall, stop, tackle, withhold), ndërpritem (recess, to be interrupted), ndërpres (abort, break, break up, call, cut off, desist, discontinue, heckle, intercept, interjaculate, intermit, interrupt, intersect, leave off, punctuate, stop, strangulate, suspend), ndërprerje (break, breaking, cessation, chasm, check, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, intercept, interception, intermission, interrupt, interruption, intersection, letup, outage, recess, suspension, truce), mbaroj (be over, call it a day, close, decline, despatch, die, dispatch, do, drink up, eat up, end, finish, get through, go out, lapse, perish, peter out, spend, surcease, terminate, wind up), marr fund (crumple, finish, go to pieces, go under). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كف عن (abstain from, desist, forbear, leave off, refrain), ‏قطع (amputate, amputation, ax, axe, break, cessation, chop off, chopping off, cross, crossing, cut, cut across, cut away, cut down, cut off, cut out, cutoff, cutting off, disconnect, discontinuance, discontinue, divide, dividing, end, exchange, fell, felling, forbid, halt, hew, hinder from, interrupt, intersect, lop, prevent from, scission, section, segment, segmentation, separate, sever, severance, slit, split, stop, sunder, suspend, suspension, tear, terminate, traverse), ‏إنقطع (break off, devote, rupture, sever, stop), ‏إنقطاع (abruption, caesura, cutout, discontinuity, intermission, letup, severance, stopping), ‏أوقف (arrest, arrested, break, can, challenge, check, choke, cut, cut out, discontinue, estop, garage, halt, hinder, intercept, kill, nick, nobble, obstruct, pull in, shut off, stand, stay, stem, stop, turn off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спиране (arrest, blocking, braking, catch, cessation, discontinuance, dwell, halt, hold up, holdback, interruption, letup, prevention, retention, snub, stand, standstill, stay, stop, stopping, tie up), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), преставам (desist, fall out, finish, leave off, lift, quit, stop, subside), преустановявам (suspend), прекъсвам (break in, break off, catch up, cut, discontinue, halt, intercept, interpose, interrupt, open, pretermit, quit, release, stop, switch off, throw out), прекратявам (discontinue, dismiss, stash, stay, stop, surcease, suspend). (various references)

Catalan

parar (come to a halt, halt, stop). (various references)

Chinese 

輟 (stop, suspend), 罷 (dismiss, suspend, to finish, to quit, to stop), 停止 (Ceased, Ceasing, Cessation, Descend, Descended, Descending, Desist, Desisted, Desisting, stoppage, stopped, stopped-up, stopping, Stopping-out). (various references)

Czech

ztichnout (calm, grow silent, pipe down), zastavit (arrest, call a halt, call off, check, discontinue, draw up, halt, hock, immobilize, pawn, pull back, put in, quit, stay, stem, stop, suspend, tackle), ustat (pause, stop, surcease), umlknout, skonèit se (close, finish), přestat (cut it out, discontinue, drop, go away, go through, have done with, leave, leave off, let up, quit, stop). (various references)

Danish

ophøre (stop). (various references)

Dutch

stoppen (block, clog, come to a halt, constipate, fill, fill in, fill up, halt, lay down, mend, patch, patch up, place, plug up, put, put down, stop, stop up), ophouden (come to an end, detain, end, end up, expire, extend, hold back, retain, stop, strech out), aflaten (stop). (various references)

Esperanto

ĉesi (stop). (various references)

Faeroese

steðga (abide, come to a halt, halt, remain, stagnate, stay, stay over, stop), halda uppat (stop). (various references)

Farsi 

موقوف شدن , گرفتن (Capture, Catch, Circle, Detract, Devest, Educe, Engage, Front, Grab, Gripe, Hold, Kindle, Nail, Obtain, Obturate, Pickup, Snatch, Take, Wed), وقفه (Abeyance, Break, Caesura, Chasm, Deadlock, Gap, Hiatus, Interval, Jib, Paralysis, Pause, Standstill, Station, Stick, Suspension), توقف (Cessation, Close, Pause, Stay, Stop, Suspension, Syncope), ایستادن (Abide, Stand, Stop), ایست (Caesura, Cessation, Close, Halt, Interval, Period, Standstill, Stay, Stoppage, Suspension), دست کشیدن (Desist, Resign). (various references)

Finnish

pysähtyä (break off, come to a halt, come to a standstill, draw up, halt, stop), lakata (lacquer, leave off, seal, stop, varnish). (various references)

French

s'arrêter, cesser. (various references)

German

aufhören (break off, close, desist, discontinue, end, finish, finish off, give over, lay off, leave off, quit, stop, termination, to break off, to cease, to stop). (various references)

Greek 

παύω (depose, desist, pause, stop). (various references)

Hebrew 

לאזול (be exhausted, be used up, give out, run out, run short), לחדול (desist, leave off, let up, stop), לאבוד (be lost, die, lose, perish, stray), להפסיק (cut off, cut short, discontinue, interrupt, leave off, quit, stop), להפסק (stop), להעצר (be detained, halt, pull up, run down, stop), לגמור (catch up on, complete, conclude, end, finish, terminate), לבטול (be idle), לסוף (perish, vanish). (various references)

Hungarian

megállás (break in a journey, check, halt, jolt, pause, stand, standstill, stop, stoppage, there is no standing still), szünet (break, check, halt, intermission, interval, let up, lull, pause, playtime, recess, respite, silence, stand, stop), megszûnik (stop). (various references)

Indonesian

menggencat (stop), berhenti (desist, pause, quit, resign, stop). (various references)

Italian

cessare (abate, break off, cut out, discontinue, finish, go down, quit, stop, subside). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

途絶える (to cease, to come to an end, to stop), 留める (to cease, to detain, to fasten, to put an end to, to stop, to turn off), 絶え果てる (to be exterminated, to be extinguished, to cease completely), 断絶 (become extinct, break off, cease to exist), 止す (to abolish, to cease, to give up, to resign), 止める (to cease, to end, to put an end to, to resign, to stop), 止む (to be over, to cease, to stop), 撃ち方止め (Cease fire), 休戦協定 (cease-fire agreement). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たえはてる (to be exterminated, to be extinguished, to cease completely), きゅうせんきょうてい (cease-fire agreement), うちかたやめ (Cease fire), やめる (to cease, to end, to resign, to retire, to stop), やむ (to be ill, to be over, to cease, to fall ill, to stop), よす (to abolish, to cease, to give up, to resign), とどめる (to cease, to put an end to, to stop), とだえる (to cease, to come to an end, to stop), だんぜつ (become extinct, break off, cease to exist). (various references)

Korean 

정지하십시요. (various references)

Manx

scuirr (abort, adjourn, adjournment, break up, bring to, ceasing, cessation, desist, discontinuance, discontinue, halt, intermission, intermittence, leave off, let up, pause, prorogation, prorogue, pull up, respite, rest, retirement, ring off; interval, shut off, stall, stop). (various references)

Norwegian

opphøre (fold up), avta (decline, decrease, lessen). (various references)

Papiamen

para (bird, come to a halt, halt, stop). (various references)

Pig Latin

easecay.(various references)

Polish

zatrzymać się (come to a halt, halt, stop), przestać (stop). (various references)

Portuguese

cessar (break off, leave, let up, stop, surcease). (various references)

Romanian

înceta (break, cut, die, discontinue, lift, pass away, stop, suspend). (various references)

Russian 

прекращать (discontinue, drop, end, finish, stop, surcease, surceases). (various references)

Scottish

stad (a stop, cessation, hinder, pause), socraich (determine, fix, make steady, settle), sguir (desist, stop). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prestati (cut out, desist, discontinue, end, intermit, knock off, leave, quit, surcease), prekinuti (abort, adjourn, break off, cut, cut off, cut short, disconnect, disrupt, intercept, interrupt, leave off, part, put an end, rupture, sever), prekid (abort, abruption, adjournment, break, cessation, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, disruption, interlude, intermission, interruption, letup, pause, rupture, severance). (various references)

Spanish

cesar (break, break off, cap, close up, come, cut off, delete, disable, eat up, end, expire, follow up, get over, get through, give over, go out, hole, knock off, land, leave off, let up, liquidate, stop, surcease, terminate, throw over, top off, wind up, zip, zip up), parar (arrest, bring to, bring up, catch, check, come to a halt, cut, decide, deter, end, end up, get, give up, gum up, halt, hold up, interrupt, lead, Parry, pull up, put up, save, set, shut off, stand up, stay, stop, stop to think, stopping, switch off, tie up, trap, turn away, turn off, ward off). (various references)

Swedish

upphöra (come to an end, desist, end, expire, finish off, finish up, give up, go, lapse, pass, pass over, stop), sluta (be through with, close, come to an end, conclude, discontinue, drop it, drop out, end, end up, expire, finish, finish off, finish up, fold up, give over, leave off, let up, quit, re-energise, re-energize, sag, stop, stop it, terminate, turn out). (various references)

Thai

การสิ้นสุด (termination), หยุด (arrest, block, break, cease from, die, dry out, dry up, nix, shut), จบ (close). (various references)

Turkish

durmak (be, come to a halt, come to a stop, discontinue, draw rein, draw up, endure, halt, harp, hold, hold on, intermit, keep, let up, linger, pack up, pull in, pull up, remain, rest, run down, stall, stand, stay, stop). (various references)

Turkmen 

togtamak (pause, stop), tьketmek, diсmek (grow quiet). (various references)

Ukrainian

сигнал про припинення вогню, зупиняти (arrest, bar, check, damp, deter, halt, hold, hold up, nip, pull up, stanch, staunch, stop, withhold), зникнути (bundle out, decamp, perish, shift away), припинятися (decease, end off, end up, rupture, stop, surcease), припиняти (abate, adjourn, desist, discontinue, end, give over, leave off, nip, stash, stop, surcease), припинення (break up, bust up, cancellation, cessation, delay, discontinuance, discontinuation, elision, shutdown, stop, stopping, surcease, termination), покласти край, переставати (cheese, desist, give over, leave off), перевестися. (various references)

Vietnamese 

liên tục (consecutive, continual, continuous, continuously, endless, reel, running, sequent, sequential, together, unceasing, unintermittent, unremitting), không ngớt (ceaseless, everlasting, incessant, never-ceasing, unceasing, unremitting), $without cease$ không ngừng. (various references)

Welsh

peidio (desist, refrain, stop), pallu (fail, neglect, refuse). (various references)

cadam, cadamus, cadant, cadas, cadat, cadatis, cadebant, cadebat, cadens, cadensque, cadent, cadentes, cadentesque, cadentibusque, cadere, caderem, caderent, caderet, cades, cadet, cadetis, cadit, cadite, cadunt, ceciderant, ceciderat, ceciderint, ceciderit, cecideritque, ceciderunt, cecideruntque, cecidi, cecidimus, cecidisse, cecidissent, cecidisset, cecidisti, cecidit, ceciditque, cessare, concessa, conquiescam, conquievit, consistant, consistens, consistentes, consistere, consisteret, consistite, consistunt, constiterant, decessit, deseram, deserant, deserat, desere, deserit, desieris, desierunt, desiit, desinam, desinant, desinas, desinat, desine, desines, desinet, desinis, desinite, desino, desino (desiit), desisset, desit, desiveris, desivimus, desivit, exspirasset, exspiravit, intereant, intereas, intereat, interibis, interibit, interibunt, interierint, interierit, interierunt, interiit, interire, interirent, interisset, interitionibus, interitu, interitum, interitus, supercecidit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "cease": ceased, ceasefire, ceasefires, ceaseless, ceaselessly, ceaselessness, ceaselessnesses, ceases. (additional references)

Words ending with "cease": decease, predecease, surcease. (additional references)

Words containing "cease": deceased, deceases, predeceased, predeceases, surceased, surceases. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cease" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bease, caeser, Caise, caseu, Cayasso, cea, ceace, Ceadel, ceasem, ceaser, ceasg, ceasse, ceast, ceaz, Cebaco, cees, ceese, Ceibe, ceize, celse, Ceoe, ceos, Cepsa, cerasi, Cesay, cese, Cesi, Ceske, cesse, cetane, Ceuse, Cexspex, Cgegae, cias, ciass, ciese, clase, clease, coase, coasse, cuasee, cubase, dease, ecae, Ecas, Ecsa, fease, Kaese, Keasse, Keese, Keise, Keisse, Kgeisje, Mcneese, sease, vease. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: aces, case, cees, ease