1. (verb) cease
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
2. (verb) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
put an end to a state or an activity
"Quit teasing your little brother"
3. (verb) end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
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Definition of 'cease' 
