cease

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[edit] Etymology

Via French cesser, from Latin cessare, frequentative of cedere, "to go away".

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to cease

Third person singular
ceases

Simple past
ceased

Past participle
ceased

Present participle
ceasing

to cease (third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased)

  1. (formal, intransitive) To stop.
    And with that, his twitching ceased.
  2. (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
    And with that, he ceased twitching.
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