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Added 9 October 2026

cease

/sis/ verb

Latin root: cessō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cease at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To stop.
And with that, his twitching ceased.
To stop doing (something).
And with that, he ceased twitching.
To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.

noun

Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

Origin

From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede.

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