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Meaning of cease

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cease
      n 1: (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
      v 1: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
           little brother" [syn: {discontinue}, {stop}, {cease}, {give
           up}, {quit}, {lay off}] [ant: {bear on}, {carry on},
           {continue}, {preserve}, {uphold}]
      2: 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" [syn: {end}, {stop}, {finish},
         {terminate}, {cease}] [ant: {begin}, {start}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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