What does "cease" mean?
Cease: 2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. The poor shall never cease out of the land. Deut. xv.
Additional senses
- 2.To put a stop to; to bring to an end. But he, her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed peace. Milton. Cease, then, this impious rage. Milton
- 3.Extinction. [Obs.] Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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