cease

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Synonyms: case, ease, tease, crease, chase, lease, cense, fease, clase, pease, mease

Antonyms: case, ease, tease, crease, chase, lease, cense, fease, clase, pease, mease

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|formal|intransitive}} To [[stop]].
2. {{lb|en|formal|transitive}} To stop doing (something).
3. {{lb|en|obsolete|intransitive}} To be [[want]]ing; to [[fail]]; to [[pass away]], [[perish]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[cessation|Cessation]]; [[extinction]] (see [[without cease]]).

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en|from=German}}.

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