cease
cease (sēs)v. ceased, ceas·ing, ceas·esv. tr. To put an end to; discontinue: The factory ceased production. See Synonyms at stop.v. intr. 1. To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases. 2. To stop performing an activity or action; desist: “fold our wings,/And cease from wanderings” (Tennyson). n. Cessation; pause: We worked without cease to get the project finished on time. [Middle English cesen, from Old French cesser, from Latin cessāre, to stop, frequentative of cēdere, to yield. See ked- in Indo-European Roots.]
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