cease

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /siːs/

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• Rhymes: -iːs

Verb

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), blin.

   And with that, he ceased twitching.

Translations

intransitive

Bulgarian: спирам (bg), преставам (bg), прекратявам (bg) Catalan: cessar (ca) Danish: ophøre Finnish: loppua (fi), päättyä (fi), lakata (fi) French: cesser (fr), arrêter (fr) German: aufhören (de) Hungarian: abbamarad (hu), megszűnik (hu)

Italian: cessare (it), arrestare (it), smettere (it), interrompere (it) Nahuatl: caua, cacauantoc Portuguese: cessar (pt) Romanian: înceta (ro), conteni (ro), opri (ro) Russian: прекращаться (pr'ekraš'át's'a) impf., прекратиться (pr'ekratít's'a) pf. Spanish: cesar (es), parar (es), terminar (es) Swedish: upphöra (sv) Tagalog: (literally) hinto (tl)

transitive

Catalan: cessar (ca) Danish: ophøre (da) Finnish: lopettaa (fi), päättää (fi), lakata (fi) French: cesser de + infinitive (1), s'arrêter de + infinitive (1) German: aufhören (1), einstellen (1), abbrechen (1) Hebrew: חדל (he) (khadál) Hungarian: abbahagy (hu), befejez (hu), beszüntet (hu) Ido: cesar

Italian: cessare (1) smettere di + infinitive Portuguese: parar (pt) Romanian: a întrerupe (1) Russian: прекращать (pr'ekraš'át') impf., прекратить (pr'ekratít') pf. Scottish Gaelic: leig seachad (gd) Spanish: dejar de (es) Swedish: upphöra med (sv) Turkish: durmak (1), durdurmak (1)