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Definition of Ceasings
1. ceasing [n] - See also: ceasing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceasings
Literary usage of Ceasings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1885)
"... of knowing must be present throughout the whole series to recognize it as a
unity of many impressions and the continuance of their successive ceasings. ..."
2. The Christian Doctrine of Immortality by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond (1903)
"... his destiny from those deeps of impersonal deity and those chains of becomings
and ceasings to be, in which other religions sank the personal self. ..."
3. The First Principles of Knowledge by John Rickaby (1888)
"The great mystery, what becomes of all the old pins, might be more hopefully
investigated on the hypothesis of sudden ceasings to be. ..."
4. Souvenir of modern minstrelsy: a collection of original and select poetry by by Souvenir (1862)
"... and love in death, have died, Have been so placid and serene—sweet ceasings
of the breath— Without a pain or fear, they make me quite in love with ..."
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