Definition of "cease"

cease

/siːs/

  • verb

    third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased

    1. (formal, intransitive) To stop.  

    2. (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).  

    3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.  

  • noun

    1. (obsolete) Cessation; extinction (see without cease).