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- Dictionarysurcease/səːˈsiːs/
noun
- 1. ending; cessation: archaic North American "he teased us without surcease"
verb
- 1. stop; cease. archaic
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The meaning of SURCEASE is to desist from action; also : to come to an end : cease. How to use surcease in a sentence.
Surcease definition: to cease from some action; desist.. See examples of SURCEASE used in a sentence.
If you want a movie to end, you long for its surcease. This word can be used as a noun or verb, but either way it means something is finished. If you surcease working, then you finished your homework for the day. Many people hate when their sleep comes to a surcease in the morning.
Definition of 'surcease' Word Frequency. surcease in British English. (sɜːˈsiːs ) archaic. noun. 1. cessation or intermission. verb. 2. to desist from (some action) 3. to cease or cause to cease. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin.
1. to cease from some action; desist. 2. to come to an end. v.t. 3. Archaic. to cease from; leave off. n. 4. cessation; end. [1400–50; late Middle English sursesen (v.) < Middle French sursis, past participle of surseoir < Latin supersedēre to forbear (see supersede ); assimilated in sp. to cease]
UK /səːˈsiːs/ noun (mass noun) (archaic, or North American English) 1. ending; cessation he teased us without surcease 2. relief or consolation drugs are taken to provide surcease from intolerable psychic pain verb (no object) (archaic) stop; cease
surcease in American English. (sɜrˈsis ; for n., usually ˈsɜrˌsis ) verb transitive, verb intransitive Word forms: surˈceased or surˈceasing. 1. Archaic. to stop; end. noun. 2. an end, or cessation.
