SURCEASE


Meaning of SURCEASE in English

n. & v. literary

n. a cessation.

v.intr. & tr. cease.

[ ME f. OF sursis, -ise (cf. AF sursise omission), past part. of OF surseoir refrain, delay f. L (as SUPERSEDE), with assim. to CEASE ]

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