Definitions for surcease
sɜrˈsissurcease

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cessation, surceasenoun

   a stopping

   "a cessation of the thunder"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. surceasenoun

   The cessation of something or someone.

2. surceaseverb

   To come to an end; to desist.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surceasenoun

   Cessation; stop.

   It might very well agree with your principles, if your discipline were fully planted, even to send out your writs of surcease unto all courts of England for the most things handled in them. Richard Hooker.

2. To Surceaseverb

   To stop; to put to an end. Obsolete.

   All pain hath end, and every war hath peace;
   But mine no price, nor prayer, may surcease. Edmund Spenser.

3. To Surceaseverb

   Etymology: sur and cesser, French; cesso, Latin.

   1. To be at an end; to stop; to cease; to be no longer in use or being.

   Small favours will my prayers increase:
   Granting my suit, you give me all;
   And then my prayers must needs surcease;
   For I have made your godhead fall. John Donne.

   2. To leave off; to practise no longer; to refrain finally.

   To fly altogether from God, to despair, that creatures unworthy shall be able to obtain any thing at his hands, and under that pretence to surcease from prayers, as bootless or fruitless offices, were to him no less injurious than pernicious to our own souls. Richard Hooker.

   Nor did the British squadrons now surcease
   To gall their foes o’erwhelm’d. Philips.

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1. surcease

   Surcease generally refers to the cessation or ending of something. It can also mean to stop or pause an action. It's often used in literature or formal contexts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surceasenoun

   cessation; stop; end

2. Surceaseverb

   to cause to cease; to end

3. Surceaseverb

   to cease

4. Etymology: [F. sursis, from sursis, p. p. of surseoir to suspend, postpone, defer, in OF., to delay, refrain from, forbear, L. supersedere. Surcease is not connected with E. cease. See Supersede.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Surcease

   sur-sēs′, v.i. to cease.—v.t. to cause to cease.—n. cessation. [O. Fr. sursis, pa.p. of surseoir—L. super-sedēre, to refrain from.]

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How to pronounce surcease?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of surcease in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of surcease in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of surcease in a Sentence

1. Charlie Chaplin:

   Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=surcease
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Surcease
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=surcease
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surcease
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=surcease