cease
/sis/
verb
To stop.
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Verb 2 meanings
To stop.
“And with that, his twitching ceased.”
To stop doing (something).
“And with that, he ceased twitching.”
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”). Compare secede.
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CEASE at a glance
CEASE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (C 3 + E 1 + A 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,663 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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