ceases

noun

A surname from German.

(obsolete) Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

verb

(formal, intransitive) To stop.

(formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).

(obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.

Roots

cedoceas- · Latin · go, yield

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