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Grammar : Verb
Spell : sees
Phonetic Transcription : sis



Definition of ceased

Origin :
  • "cessation, stopping," c.1300, from cease (n.) or else from Old French cesse "cease, cessation," from cesser.
  • verb stop, conclude
Example sentences :
  • She knew the butler's life history two days after she had ceased to be afraid of him.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Robert's suspicions were lulled to sleep, and he ceased to be as vigilant and watchful as he had been.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • There, for the first time in history, man had ceased to be a roving animal.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • After this Gilling must soon have ceased to be of any account.
  • Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
  • After about twenty minutes, he ceased, saying, "We will now sing a hymn."
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • His nerves had ceased their jangling under the tautening of necessity.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Even the ailanthus blossoms had ceased their snow-like dropping.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • She had ceased to think about the lad while she was giving this explanation of an orphan to her son.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • I woke then, and the struggle had ceased—the temptation had passed.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The partridge has ceased to run across the too-frequented path.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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