How to Spell cease
cease
cease - verb
- To cause to come to an end especially gradually : no longer continue
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"they were forced to cease operations"
cease - thesaurus
Antonyms: continue, hang on, persist
Etymology
Middle English cesen, from Anglo-French cesser, from Latin cessare to hold back, be remiss, frequentative of cedere
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