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Definition of Surcease

1. Noun. A stopping. "A cessation of the thunder"

Definition of Surcease

1. n. Cessation; stop; end.

2. v. t. To cause to cease; to end.

3. v. i. To cease.

Definition of Surcease

1. Noun. The cessation of something or someone. ¹

2. Verb. To come to an end; to desist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Surcease

1. to cease [v -CEASED, -CEASING, -CEASES] - See also: cease

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surcease

Literary usage of Surcease

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"... and from thence by sea to Tripoli, of which places, because many others have published large discourses, I surcease to write.' On 22 Dec. ..."

2. Macbeth edited by William Shakespeare (2001)
"4. his surcease, success] JOHNSON. If the murder could terminate in itself, and restrain the regular course of consequences, if its success could secure its ..."

3. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"... the permanence, the -ous. perseverance, the conjunction or connexion ;—" to surcease, intermit, forbear, put off for a time."—Cot. Ft. Discontinuer. ..."

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