Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To bring or come to an end; stop.
- noun Cessation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cease; stop; be at an end; leave off; refrain finally.
- To stop; put an end to; cause to cease.
- noun Cessation; stop.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To cause to cease; to end.
- intransitive verb obsolete To cease.
- noun Cessation; stop; end.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
cessation of something or someone. - verb To come to an
end ; todesist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stopping
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Board of Prison Directors gave me my choice: a prison trustyship and surcease from the jute looms if I gave up the nonexistent dynamite; life imprisonment in solitary if I refused to give up the nonexistent dynamite.
Chapter 4 2010
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As every outraged nerve in my body cried for alleviation, so my tortured mind shrieked for surcease from the accusing memory of the things I had said and done while under the influence of alcohol.
Madeleine: An Autobiography Madeleine 1919
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The Board of Prison Directors gave me my choice: a prison trustyship and surcease from the jute looms if I gave up the nonexistent dynamite; life imprisonment in solitary if I refused to give up the nonexistent dynamite.
Chapter 4 1915
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This occupation is decades long and continues before our very eyes, with no prospect for near-term surcease for the Christian and Muslim Palestinians.
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This occupation is decades long and continues before our very eyes, with no prospect for near-term surcease for the Christian and Muslim Palestinians.
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This occupation is decades long and continues before our very eyes, with no prospect for near-term surcease for the Christian and Muslim Palestinians.
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This occupation is decades long and continues before our very eyes, with no prospect for near-term surcease for the Christian and Muslim Palestinians.
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This occupation is decades long and continues before our very eyes, with no prospect for near-term surcease for the Christian and Muslim Palestinians.
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This occupation is decades long and continues before our very eyes, with no prospect for near-term surcease for the Christian and Muslim Palestinians.
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This occupation is decades long and continues before our very eyes, with no prospect for near-term surcease for the Christian and Muslim Palestinians.
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word surcease
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore
January 18, 2007
meeralee commented on the word surcease
For some reason, even though this word contains its meaning, I always find myself thinking it means either its opposite -- something that will not abate -- or else that it means "a lack of".
February 16, 2007
yarb commented on the word surcease
He knew he must bring them surcease of their sorrow, as swiftly as possible, and clear up this painful misunderstanding.
- William Steig, Zeke Pippin.
August 11, 2008
zuccaciyecioglu commented on the word surcease
I love this word.
September 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word surcease
"I will not do't;
Lest I surcease to honour mine own truth,
And by my body's action teach my mind
A most inherent baseness."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 28, 2009