intransitive. To fail, cease. (In Old English with gen. or dative.)

To leave off, cease. Obsolete.

intransitive. To escape (with dative = from); to depart, cease.

intransitive. To cease, leave off; desist from (something; in Old English const. dative); also const. to with infinitive. Of the wind: To drop…

intransitive. To come to a standstill, stop; to hesitate, delay. Cf. stead, v. 7.

intransitive. To cease action; to leave off (doing something); to desist, forbear. Now only archaic and dialect. Const. †of, in †fro, and to with…

absol. and intransitive. To desist, forbear. Const. of, from. Cf. let, v.2 2. Obsolete.

intransitive. To stop, cease; to stay, remain.

To cease, desist (from), stop, leave off. intransitive. Now archaic or literary.

intransitive. To cease, desist, leave off.

In perfect tenses (with have). intransitive. To make an end, to conclude. have done!: make an end. Obsolete.

intransitive. To stop, desist; to cease to do something. Also: to refrain from doing something.

intransitive. To cease, leave off, desist.

Of persons and other agents: To stop, give over, discontinue, desist (from, formerly of, an action); to come to the end or to an intermission of a…

intransitive. To come to a stand, cease from action; to refrain (from tears).

intransitive. With infinitive or gerund. To cease doing something. In later use chiefly in negative contexts. Now rare.

intransitive. To cease, stop, pause.

A call to stop or to cease what one is doing. to sayor cry ho: to stay, cease, check oneself. Obsolete. (It is often impossible to separate the…

intransitive. To stop, halt, cease. Cf. reest, v.3 2. Obsolete.

To remove, withdraw, desist.

intransitive. To cease to continue to occur or to act in a specified manner; to desist (from), stop.

intransitive. To leave off, desist, stop, cease from some action (finally or temporarily). (Cf. supersede, v. 2a.) const. †of, from.

intransitive. To cease, ‘let be’. Obsolete.

intransitive. To stop, desist; to rest, remain. Obsolete.

intransitive. To come to an end, reach the end; to cease, leave off. Also with off, up. Also, to end in (something), to end by (doing something).

In various phrases. to lay a straw: to stop, desist. there a straw! = here I will stop. Obsolete.

absol. or intransitive. To cease; desist, leave off. †Of a factory: To stop working.

intransitive. = surcease, v.

figurative to put (also pack) up one's pipes and variants: to cease from action, desist; to stop speaking. Obsolete.

To bring to an end, conclude, come to a termination of (an action, a speech, a period of time, one's life, etc.; formerly sometimes with…

with object a limb or activity of the body, a weapon, etc.; esp. to stay (one's own or another's) hand (chiefly figurative, to cease or cause to…

intransitive. To stop what one is doing; to cease. Obsolete.

To cease or desist from some specified activity. Const. from. Obsolete or archaic.

transitive. to draw bridle (also †to draw bit, to draw rein) and variants: to stop or slow one's horse by pulling at the reins; to pull up; (figur…

transitive. to draw bridle (also †to draw bit, to draw rein) and variants: to stop or slow one's horse by pulling at the reins; to pull up; (figur…

To stop or finish doing something; to bring an action or process to a conclusion. Also to lay down one's rest. Obsolete.

intransitive. To leave off, finish, cease. Cf. to give over at give, v. phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete.

intransitive. To leave off, abstain, desist from.

intransitive. To cease, stop at a certain point. Cf. desist, v. Obsolete.

intransitive. To ‘hold,’ stop, wait.

absol. (in figurative use). To stop or halt.

intransitive. To desist, leave off; to cease from one's work or occupation; slang to die.

intransitive. To refrain from. Obsolete. rare.

To stop engaging in an activity. Cf. phrases 3b. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. More generally: to stop, halt; to cease. Obsolete.

To leave off, stay, desist (in a course of action or a pursuit, or from one's customary action or employment). Const. from, to with infinitive. Also…

transitive. to draw bridle (also †to draw bit, to draw rein) and variants: to stop or slow one's horse by pulling at the reins; to pull up; (figur…

Of a person, etc. intransitive. To cease from activity; spec. to lapse into silence.

intransitive. To desist from an activity; to give over. Also with from. Obsolete.

intransitive. To cease, stop. Also, to relax. to let up on: to cease to have to do with, talk of, interfere with, trouble, etc. Originally U.S.

to wind (up) one's pirn: to make an end of something, to finish up. Obsolete.

to cry crack: to give up; to desist; to cry creak (creak, v. phrases 1).

intransitive. To come to a halt; to cease talking or writing. U.S.

intransitive. To abandon an activity or enterprise; to stop, finish. Also: to cease to function. Cf. to pack up 6 at phrasal verbs.

To bring operations to a close; to cease being active or in use.

intransitive. colloquial (chiefly British). = to pack in at phrasal verbs.

intransitive. To stop doing something; to end one's participation in something; (in quot. 1976 spec.) to cease registering as unemployed.