SURCEASE

surcease. (fr) surcease, to giue ouer, or cease

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surcease. Surcease, n. a cessation, stop, end, conclusion, ob.

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Sur‐cease″ (?), n. [[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.]] Cessation; stop; end. “Not desire, but its surcease.” Longfellow. It is time that there were an end and surcease made of this immodest and deformed manner of writing. Bacon.