CEASE

cease. Cease, v. to leave off, stop, be extinct or at an end, fail, put an end to; n. an extinction, a failure

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Cease (sēs), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ceased (sēst); p. pr. & vb. n. Ceasing.] [[OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr. L. cessare, v. intensive fr. cedere to withdraw. See Cede , and cf. Cessation.]] 1. 1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased. “To cease from strife.” Prov. xx. 3.
2. 2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
The poor shall never cease out of the land. Deut. xv. 11. Syn. — To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.