Definition of 'cease'

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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"
      Synonyms: discontinue stop give up quit lay off
      Antonyms: continue uphold carry on bear on preserve
2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
      Synonyms: end stop finish terminate
      Antonyms: begin start

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