01 n. Cessation; stop; end.
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Cessation; stop; end.“It is time that there were an end and surcease made of this immodest and deformed manner of writing.” — Bacon.
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Webster, 1913
Surcease
02 v. t. To cause to cease; to end.
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To cause to cease; to end.[Obs.]“The nations, overawed, surceased the fight.” — Dryden.
03 v. i. To cease.
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To cease.[Obs.]