surceasen.

Brit.

/səːˈsiːs/, U.S.

/ˈˌsərˈˌsiz/

Forms: Also 1600s -ceasse, -cesse.

Etymology: < surcease v.

archaic.

The action, or an act, of bringing or coming to an end; (a) cessation, stop; esp. (a) temporary cessation, suspension, or intermission.

a. Const. of or genitive. In modern use often with a reminiscence of quot. a1616.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun]

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ceasec1330

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discontinuancea1398

cessationa1400

leaving-off?a1425

surceasingc1435

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stop1483

staying1546

discontinuation1572

discontinuing1582

surcease1590

stintance1605

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avocationa1617

desistance1632

sistencea1639

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supersession1648

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breaking-off1683

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cess1703

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shutdown1857

stoppage1865

shut-off1889

sign-off1919

1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. A4 Seeking with my hart a surcease of Armes.

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. E2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) My request is for the surcease of all this iarre.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 4 If th' Assassination Could trammell vp the Consequence, and catch With his surcease, Successe.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) xlix. 193 By this surcease of Trade the Custom-houses.. fell much in their Revenue.

1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 239 Nothing but Death can make that Man desist, who sustains almost its Pangs without a surcease of Diligence.

a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iv. iii. §24 Creditors sometimes grant voluntarily a surcease of personal execution in behalf of their debtor, which is commonly called a supersedere.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xv. 330 The crafty pony availed himself of this surcease of discipline to twitch the rein out of Davie's hands.

1845 E. A. Poe Raven 10 Vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. vi. 514 They requested her Highness to order a general surcease of the inquisition.

1916 J. Buchan Nelson's Hist. War XIII. xciii. 53 It was carried on in all weathers..with no surcease of keenness.

b. Const. from.

ΚΠ

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxi. 202 Surcease from labour is necessarie.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 349 A surcease from all state medles.

1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 82 The Duke of York..commands a surcease from further hostility.

1879 G. A. Sala Paris herself Again II. xviii. 274 Private schools for boys give four days' surcease from lessons.

c. Without construction.

ΚΠ

1601 in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 430 O endlesse ioy without surcease.

c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies ii. xiv. sig. D2 Fruites ripe will fall, let springing things increase, Life is no light price of a small surcease.

1712 in J. Maclaurin Argts. & Decis. (1774) 50 After a long surcease, he renewed the cause.

1873 H. W. Longfellow Monk Casal-Maggiore in Aftermath i. 74 All the while he talked without surcease.

1881 Daily Tel. 25 Mar. 5/4 There is no surcease in the torrent of Princes..who continue to pour into the capital.

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surceasev.

Brit.

/səːˈsiːs/, U.S.

/ˈˌsərˈˌsiz/

Forms: α. Middle English sursese, Middle English–1500s sursease, 1500s surseace. β. Middle English surceese, ( sourcesse), Middle English–1500s surcese, surcesse, 1500s surces, surceas, surceace, 1500s–1600s surceasse, 1700s surcess, Middle English– surcease.

Etymology: < Old French sursis, feminine sursise (compare Anglo-Norman sursise noun, omission), past participle of surseoir to refrain, delay, suspend < Latin supersedēre to supersede v. The spelling was at an early date assimilated to cease v. (cesse, ceasse).

archaic.

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

a. const. †of, from.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]

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swikec897

atwindc1000

linOE

studegieOE

stintc1175

letc1200

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leavec1225

astint1250

doc1300

finec1300

blina1325

cease1330

stable1377

resta1382

ho1390

to say or cry ho1390

resta1398

astartc1400

discontinuec1425

surcease1428

to let offc1450

resista1475

finish1490

to lay a straw?a1505

to give over1526

succease1551

to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556

end1557

to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560

stick1574

stay1576

to draw bridle1577

to draw rein1577

to set down one's rest1589

overgive1592

absist1614

subsista1639

beholdc1650

unbridle1653

to knock offa1657

acquiesce1659

to set (up) one's rest1663

sista1676

stop1689

to draw rein1725

subside1734

remit1765

to let up1787

to wind (up) one's pirna1835

to cry crack1888

to shut off1896

to pack in1906

to close down1921

to pack up1925

to sign off1929

1428 Lett. Marg. Anjou & Bp. Beckington (Camden) 40 Men sayen hit hadde be muche better for me to have surcesed of my service long or this.

1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 342/2 The Tresorer.., may have in commaundement by Writt, to sursese of any proces made.

1433 Rolls of Parl. IV. 425/2 That the seide Collectours..sursease of eny levie to make.

?1510 T. More in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. d.ii^v Wherfor he counceiled Picus to surceace of study.

1538 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 159 The kinges pleasure is that..you do Surcese and cause the partie to surces frome any further sute.

1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. A.iii^v The Bishop shall surcease, from orderyng that persone.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlvii. 95 Vnder that pretense to surcease from prayers as bootles or fruitles offices.

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 165 Silke-wormes..Who do surcesse from labour now and then.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 258 The great Arch-Angel from his warlike toile Surceas'd .

1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Purgatorio xxv. 131 Nor from the task..Surcease they.

1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 13 July in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 80 I..thereupon surceased from my labors.

b. without construction (spec. to discontinue legal proceedings).

ΚΠ

?1456 H. Windsor in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 145 I shalbe his seruaunt and youres vnto such tyme as ye woll commaunde me to sursese and leve of.

1479 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 615 My lord of Ely desyred myn oncle as well as you to surcease.

c1544 T. Cranmer Let. 18 Apr. in Remains (1833) I. 314 For the better expedition of the matter, I have sent to the Dean of the Arches, commanding him to surcease therein.

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. C1 Wishing vnto you and yours, as much happinesse, as myselfe am clogged with carefulnesse, I surcease.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. sig. B5^v In stead of praying them surcease, They did much more their cruelty encrease.

1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 440 I might relate many others,..but I surceasse.

a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden iv. i. 57 in Five New Playes (1659) Hector..held up his brazen lance. In signal, that both Armies should surcease.

1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 114 To stay and Surcease and no further prosecute or proceed against the Complainant.

1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid x, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 410 Surcease. I now am coming, doomed to die.

c. const. infinitive.

ΚΠ

1535 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 420 His graces pleasure is that ye shall surcease any farther to yntermedle with the..landes belongyng to the Busshopriche of Hereford.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 231^v Onlesse thei would surceasse so to abuse hym.

1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 193 I will surcesse to talk any further of this matter.

1615 R. Brathwait Loves Labyrinth 16 in Strappado Beasts to their caues resort, surcease to prey.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 404 She surceas'd not day nor night To storm me over-watch't, and wearied out.

1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 364 Prevent the Morning Star Assiduous, nor with the Western Sun Surcease to work.

1832 J. Struthers Poor Man's Sabbath (ed. 7) ix. 25 Till yonder orbs surcease t' admeasure nights and days.

1863 W. K. Kelly Curiosities Indo-European Trad. i. 7 They could never surcease to feel the liveliest interest in those wonderful meteoric changes.

†d. transferred. To forbear, omit (to do something).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)]

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fastOE

withdraw1297

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forbearc1375

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sparec1386

respitea1393

to let alonea1400

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to hold back1576

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to stand by1590

to hold up1596

suspend1598

stickle1684

to hold off1861

to bottle it1988

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes Pref. & so forth of the other writers whiche I surcease by name to speake of.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xiii. [xvii.] i. 291 I might take occasion to tell of the..voiages made into strange countries by Englishmen..but..I surcease to speake of them.

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. i. 259 Tertullian..wrot much: which being recorded I surcease to recount.

2. To come to an end, be discontinued; to cease.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes

restOE

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decease1538

falla1555

to shut up1609

subside1654

drop1697

low1790

to go out1850

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist

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endOE

forfareOE

goc1175

fleec1200

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to pass awaya1325

flit1340

perishc1350

vanisha1375

decorre1377

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dispend1393

failc1400

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exolve1657

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to pass off1699

to burn out, forth1832

spark1845

to die out1853

to come, go, etc. by the board1859

sputter1964

1439 in Antiq. Repertory (1780) III. 274 That all manere of processe..in the mesne tyme surcese.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxi. f. lxxxxviii^v He seased that kyngdom and Ioyned it to his owne of West Saxons by whiche reason. The kyngdome of Mercia Surseased.

1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 21 §2 All suche pensiones censes porcions and peter~pense,..shall frome hense forthe clerely surcesse and never more be levyed.

1576 H. Gilbert Disc. Discov. New Passage Cataia ii. sig. Civ It may..be thought, that this course of the sea, doth sometime surcease..because it is not discerned all along the coast of America.

a1633 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) i. i. xv. 48 That the cause being taken away, the effect also might surcease.

1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 15 These [sc. Rain or Snow] surceasing the Springs also become dry.

c1750 W. Shenstone Ruin'd Abbey 238 Nor yet surceas'd with John's disastrous fate Pontific fury!

1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. vi. 322 Intrigues and practices..would of necessity surcease.

1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 146 When I surcease, Through whom alone lives she, Ceases my Love.

a. transitive. To desist from, discontinue; to give up, abandon (a course of action, etc.); also, to refrain from. (Cf. supersede v. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]

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linOE

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restc1175

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blinc1314

to give overc1325

to do wayc1350

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finisha1375

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to leave offa1382

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to have ado?1515

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to lay aside1530

stay1538

quata1614

to lay away1628

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quita1642

to throw up1645

to lay by1709

to come off1715

unbuckle1736

peter1753

to knock off1767

stash1794

estop1796

stow1806

cheese1811

to chuck itc1879

douse1887

nark1889

to stop off1891

stay1894

sling1902

can1906

to lay off1908

to pack in1934

to pack up1934

to turn in1938

to break down1941

to tie a can to (or on)1942

to jack in1948

to wrap it up1949

1464–9 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 25 To cause the said Thomas & Richard to surcease & leave theire said threatnings.

1493 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 105 I caused them to surcease ther purposse unto the tyme I had wrytten to you, & known your mynd.

1544 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Court of Requests (1898) 97 Olyuer shall withdrawe & surseace all maner his suettes and accions.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 814/2 That it might please him to surcease his cruell kind of warre, in burning of townes and villages.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff4 The waues..Their rage surceast.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. C^v Surcease your armes, discharge your Souldiers.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 49 Prosecute his cause, he is consumed, if he surcease his suite he looseth all.

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 40 It was resolved to surcease the Warre for this yeare, Winter now beginning to enter.

a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 140 For my part I surcease all farther enquiry.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 970 Greece..Bade share the Honours, and surcease the Strife.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 514 Did he surcease the common civilities..would he have better leisure to perform more important services?

1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xiv. 309 The hobby-horse surceased his capering.

1897 F. Thompson New Poems 219 [She] had surceased her tyranny.

†b. To give up, resign (a position or office).[Cf. quot. c1435 at sense 4a s.v. surceasing n. 1 ]

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate (office) [verb (transitive)]

to leave up1422

depone1533

surcease1552

dimit1563

demit1567

abdicate1570

to lay downa1715

vacate1850

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > resign (an office or position)

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to leave up1422

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surcease1552

dimit1563

demit1567

to lay downa1715

ankle1936

1552 Lit. Rem. Edw. VI (Roxb.) II. 432 The chauncellour of th' augmentation was willed to surcease his commission, geven him the third yeare of our raigne.

†4.

a. To put a stop to, bring to an end, cause to cease; to stay (legal proceedings.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to

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to put an end toa1300

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to give a stop toa1586

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to break off1607

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sist1635

to make (a) stop of1638

supersede1643

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unbusya1657

to put a stop to1679

to give the holla to1681

to run down1697

cessate1701

end1737

to choke off1818

stopper1821

punctuate1825

to put a stopper on1828

to take off ——1845

still1850

to put the lid on1873

on the fritz1900

to close down1903

to put the fritz on something1910

to put the bee on1918

switch1921

to blow the whistle on1934

c1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chron. London (1905) 48 For as much as the Kyng was changid all plees in euery place weren surcesed.

1490 Act 4 Hen. VII c. 20 No relesse..be..available or effectuell to lette or to surceace the seid accion.

1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia i. 220 If gentle Peace Discend not soone, our sorrowes to surcease, Latium..will be destroyd.

1595 E. Spenser Amoretti xi, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. A7 All paine hath end,..But mine no price nor prayer may surcease.

1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 72 'Tis death not torment that surceases all our Miseries.

1695 W. Temple Introd. Hist. Eng. (1699) 174 The abrogating or surceasing the Judiciary Power, exercised by the Bishops.

†b. To cause to desist from some action. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to desist

ceasec1320

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stop1393

apausea1555

to knock off1651

surcease1791

to draw up1861

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xv. 311 Ajax me..hath with a stone Surceas'd from fight, smiting me on the breast.

†5. To put off, defer; to delay till the end of, overpass (the time for doing something). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)]

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to hang up1623

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future1642

off1642

waive1653

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detard1675

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to put back1718

withhold1726

protract1737

to keep over1847

to hold over1853

laten1860

to lay over1885

hold1891

back-burner1975

1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xxxvi. f. lxxxxiiii When the ordynarye hathe surcessyd hys tyme he hathe loste hys power.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxxxix They..wil..maruel at this long delay and surceasing.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xl. 332 I defer, protract,..surcease,..and shift off, the Time of giving a Definitive Sentence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	surcease
释义	surceasen. Brit. /səːˈsiːs/, U.S. /ˈˌsərˈˌsiz/ Forms: Also 1600s -ceasse, -cesse. Etymology: < surcease v. archaic. The action, or an act, of bringing or coming to an end; (a) cessation, stop; esp. (a) temporary cessation, suspension, or intermission. a. Const. of or genitive. In modern use often with a reminiscence of quot. a1616. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > [noun] lissc1000 ceasec1330 stintc1330 stinting1338 ceasinga1340 discontinuancea1398 cessationa1400 leaving-off?a1425 surceasingc1435 disusage1475 stop1483 staying1546 discontinuation1572 discontinuing1582 surcease1590 stintance1605 cessure1607 desisting1607 avocationa1617 desistance1632 sistencea1639 surceasementa1641 supersession1648 dispractice1673 breaking-off1683 estoppage1701 cess1703 cesser1809 shutdown1857 stoppage1865 shut-off1889 sign-off1919 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. A4 Seeking with my hart a surcease of Armes. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. E2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) My request is for the surcease of all this iarre. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 4 If th' Assassination Could trammell vp the Consequence, and catch With his surcease, Successe. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) xlix. 193 By this surcease of Trade the Custom-houses.. fell much in their Revenue. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 239 Nothing but Death can make that Man desist, who sustains almost its Pangs without a surcease of Diligence. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iv. iii. §24 Creditors sometimes grant voluntarily a surcease of personal execution in behalf of their debtor, which is commonly called a supersedere. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xv. 330 The crafty pony availed himself of this surcease of discipline to twitch the rein out of Davie's hands. 1845 E. A. Poe Raven 10 Vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. vi. 514 They requested her Highness to order a general surcease of the inquisition. 1916 J. Buchan Nelson's Hist. War XIII. xciii. 53 It was carried on in all weathers..with no surcease of keenness. b. Const. from. ΚΠ 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxi. 202 Surcease from labour is necessarie. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 349 A surcease from all state medles. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 82 The Duke of York..commands a surcease from further hostility. 1879 G. A. Sala Paris herself Again II. xviii. 274 Private schools for boys give four days' surcease from lessons. c. Without construction. ΚΠ 1601 in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 430 O endlesse ioy without surcease. c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies ii. xiv. sig. D2 Fruites ripe will fall, let springing things increase, Life is no light price of a small surcease. 1712 in J. Maclaurin Argts. & Decis. (1774) 50 After a long surcease, he renewed the cause. 1873 H. W. Longfellow Monk Casal-Maggiore in Aftermath i. 74 All the while he talked without surcease. 1881 Daily Tel. 25 Mar. 5/4 There is no surcease in the torrent of Princes..who continue to pour into the capital. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). surceasev. Brit. /səːˈsiːs/, U.S. /ˈˌsərˈˌsiz/ Forms: α. Middle English sursese, Middle English–1500s sursease, 1500s surseace. β. Middle English surceese, ( sourcesse), Middle English–1500s surcese, surcesse, 1500s surces, surceas, surceace, 1500s–1600s surceasse, 1700s surcess, Middle English– surcease. Etymology: < Old French sursis, feminine sursise (compare Anglo-Norman sursise noun, omission), past participle of surseoir to refrain, delay, suspend < Latin supersedēre to supersede v. The spelling was at an early date assimilated to cease v. (cesse, ceasse). archaic. 1. intransitive. To leave off, desist, stop, cease from some action (finally or temporarily). (Cf. supersede v. 2a.) a. const. †of, from. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 1428 Lett. Marg. Anjou & Bp. Beckington (Camden) 40 Men sayen hit hadde be muche better for me to have surcesed of my service long or this. 1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 342/2 The Tresorer.., may have in commaundement by Writt, to sursese of any proces made. 1433 Rolls of Parl. IV. 425/2 That the seide Collectours..sursease of eny levie to make. ?1510 T. More in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. d.ii^v Wherfor he counceiled Picus to surceace of study. 1538 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 159 The kinges pleasure is that..you do Surcese and cause the partie to surces frome any further sute. 1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. A.iii^v The Bishop shall surcease, from orderyng that persone. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlvii. 95 Vnder that pretense to surcease from prayers as bootles or fruitles offices. 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 165 Silke-wormes..Who do surcesse from labour now and then. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 258 The great Arch-Angel from his warlike toile Surceas'd . View more context for this quotation 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Purgatorio xxv. 131 Nor from the task..Surcease they. 1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 13 July in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 80 I..thereupon surceased from my labors. b. without construction (spec. to discontinue legal proceedings). ΚΠ ?1456 H. Windsor in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 145 I shalbe his seruaunt and youres vnto such tyme as ye woll commaunde me to sursese and leve of. 1479 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 615 My lord of Ely desyred myn oncle as well as you to surcease. c1544 T. Cranmer Let. 18 Apr. in Remains (1833) I. 314 For the better expedition of the matter, I have sent to the Dean of the Arches, commanding him to surcease therein. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. C1 Wishing vnto you and yours, as much happinesse, as myselfe am clogged with carefulnesse, I surcease. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. sig. B5^v In stead of praying them surcease, They did much more their cruelty encrease. View more context for this quotation 1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 440 I might relate many others,..but I surceasse. a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden iv. i. 57 in Five New Playes (1659) Hector..held up his brazen lance. In signal, that both Armies should surcease. 1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 114 To stay and Surcease and no further prosecute or proceed against the Complainant. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid x, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 410 Surcease. I now am coming, doomed to die. c. const. infinitive. ΚΠ 1535 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 420 His graces pleasure is that ye shall surcease any farther to yntermedle with the..landes belongyng to the Busshopriche of Hereford. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 231^v Onlesse thei would surceasse so to abuse hym. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 193 I will surcesse to talk any further of this matter. 1615 R. Brathwait Loves Labyrinth 16 in Strappado Beasts to their caues resort, surcease to prey. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 404 She surceas'd not day nor night To storm me over-watch't, and wearied out. View more context for this quotation 1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 364 Prevent the Morning Star Assiduous, nor with the Western Sun Surcease to work. 1832 J. Struthers Poor Man's Sabbath (ed. 7) ix. 25 Till yonder orbs surcease t' admeasure nights and days. 1863 W. K. Kelly Curiosities Indo-European Trad. i. 7 They could never surcease to feel the liveliest interest in those wonderful meteoric changes. †d. transferred. To forbear, omit (to do something). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] to let bec1000 fastOE withdraw1297 letc1374 forbearc1375 abstaina1382 sparec1386 respitea1393 to let alonea1400 refraina1402 supersede1449 deport1477 to hold one's handa1500 spare1508 surcease1542 detract1548 to hold back1576 hold1589 to stand by1590 to hold up1596 suspend1598 stickle1684 to hold off1861 to bottle it1988 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes Pref. & so forth of the other writers whiche I surcease by name to speake of. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xiii. [xvii.] i. 291 I might take occasion to tell of the..voiages made into strange countries by Englishmen..but..I surcease to speake of them. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. i. 259 Tertullian..wrot much: which being recorded I surcease to recount. 2. To come to an end, be discontinued; to cease. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of things, actions, or processes restOE leathc1275 stintc1275 slakea1300 ceasec1374 slocka1400 batec1400 lissec1400 stanchc1420 surcease1439 remain1480 stopa1529 break1530 decease1538 falla1555 to shut up1609 subside1654 drop1697 low1790 to go out1850 the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > be non-existent [verb (intransitive)] > end or cease to exist tirec725 endOE forfareOE goc1175 fleec1200 to wend awayc1225 diea1240 to-melta1240 to pass awaya1325 flit1340 perishc1350 vanisha1375 decorre1377 cease1382 dispend1393 failc1400 overshakec1425 surcease1439 adrawc1450 fall1523 decease1538 define1562 fleet1576 expire1595 evanish1597 extinguish1599 extirp1606 disappear1623 evaporatea1631 trans-shift1648 annihilate1656 exolve1657 cancela1667 to pass off1699 to burn out, forth1832 spark1845 to die out1853 to come, go, etc. by the board1859 sputter1964 1439 in Antiq. Repertory (1780) III. 274 That all manere of processe..in the mesne tyme surcese. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxi. f. lxxxxviii^v He seased that kyngdom and Ioyned it to his owne of West Saxons by whiche reason. The kyngdome of Mercia Surseased. 1533–4 Act 25 Hen. VIII c. 21 §2 All suche pensiones censes porcions and peter~pense,..shall frome hense forthe clerely surcesse and never more be levyed. 1576 H. Gilbert Disc. Discov. New Passage Cataia ii. sig. Civ It may..be thought, that this course of the sea, doth sometime surcease..because it is not discerned all along the coast of America. a1633 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) i. i. xv. 48 That the cause being taken away, the effect also might surcease. 1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 15 These [sc. Rain or Snow] surceasing the Springs also become dry. c1750 W. Shenstone Ruin'd Abbey 238 Nor yet surceas'd with John's disastrous fate Pontific fury! 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. vi. 322 Intrigues and practices..would of necessity surcease. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 146 When I surcease, Through whom alone lives she, Ceases my Love. 3. a. transitive. To desist from, discontinue; to give up, abandon (a course of action, etc.); also, to refrain from. (Cf. supersede v. 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 1464–9 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 25 To cause the said Thomas & Richard to surcease & leave theire said threatnings. 1493 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 105 I caused them to surcease ther purposse unto the tyme I had wrytten to you, & known your mynd. 1544 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Court of Requests (1898) 97 Olyuer shall withdrawe & surseace all maner his suettes and accions. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 814/2 That it might please him to surcease his cruell kind of warre, in burning of townes and villages. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff4 The waues..Their rage surceast. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. C^v Surcease your armes, discharge your Souldiers. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 49 Prosecute his cause, he is consumed, if he surcease his suite he looseth all. a1648 Ld. Herbert Life Henry VIII (1649) 40 It was resolved to surcease the Warre for this yeare, Winter now beginning to enter. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 140 For my part I surcease all farther enquiry. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 970 Greece..Bade share the Honours, and surcease the Strife. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 514 Did he surcease the common civilities..would he have better leisure to perform more important services? 1820 W. Scott Abbot I. xiv. 309 The hobby-horse surceased his capering. 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 219 [She] had surceased her tyranny. †b. To give up, resign (a position or office).[Cf. quot. c1435 at sense 4a s.v. surceasing n. 1 ] ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate (office) [verb (transitive)] to leave up1422 depone1533 surcease1552 dimit1563 demit1567 abdicate1570 to lay downa1715 vacate1850 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (transitive)] > resign (an office or position) resigna1387 to leave up1422 depone1533 surcease1552 dimit1563 demit1567 to lay downa1715 ankle1936 1552 Lit. Rem. Edw. VI (Roxb.) II. 432 The chauncellour of th' augmentation was willed to surcease his commission, geven him the third yeare of our raigne. †4. a. To put a stop to, bring to an end, cause to cease; to stay (legal proceedings.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease or put a stop to astintc700 stathea1200 atstuntc1220 to put an end toa1300 to set end ofa1300 batec1300 stanch1338 stinta1350 to put awayc1350 arrestc1374 finisha1375 terminec1390 achievea1393 cease1393 removec1405 terminate?a1425 stop1426 surceasec1435 resta1450 discontinue1474 adetermine1483 blina1500 stay1525 abrogatea1529 suppressa1538 to set in or at stay1538 to make stay of1572 depart1579 check1581 intercept1581 to give a stop toa1586 dirempt1587 date1589 period1595 astayc1600 nip1600 to break off1607 snape1631 sist1635 to make (a) stop of1638 supersede1643 assopiatea1649 periodizea1657 unbusya1657 to put a stop to1679 to give the holla to1681 to run down1697 cessate1701 end1737 to choke off1818 stopper1821 punctuate1825 to put a stopper on1828 to take off ——1845 still1850 to put the lid on1873 on the fritz1900 to close down1903 to put the fritz on something1910 to put the bee on1918 switch1921 to blow the whistle on1934 c1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chron. London (1905) 48 For as much as the Kyng was changid all plees in euery place weren surcesed. 1490 Act 4 Hen. VII c. 20 No relesse..be..available or effectuell to lette or to surceace the seid accion. 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia i. 220 If gentle Peace Discend not soone, our sorrowes to surcease, Latium..will be destroyd. 1595 E. Spenser Amoretti xi, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. A7 All paine hath end,..But mine no price nor prayer may surcease. 1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 72 'Tis death not torment that surceases all our Miseries. 1695 W. Temple Introd. Hist. Eng. (1699) 174 The abrogating or surceasing the Judiciary Power, exercised by the Bishops. †b. To cause to desist from some action. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cause to desist ceasec1320 stint1338 stop1393 apausea1555 to knock off1651 surcease1791 to draw up1861 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xv. 311 Ajax me..hath with a stone Surceas'd from fight, smiting me on the breast. †5. To put off, defer; to delay till the end of, overpass (the time for doing something). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (transitive)] forslowc888 eldc897 forsita940 gele971 lengOE drilla1300 delayc1300 onfrestc1300 tarryc1320 jornc1330 dretchc1380 defer1382 forbida1387 to put offa1387 to put (also set) (something) in (or on) delaya1393 dilate1399 fordrawa1400 to put overc1410 latch?c1422 adjournc1425 prolongc1425 proloynec1425 rejournc1425 to put in respite1428 sleuthc1430 respitea1450 prorogue1453 refer1466 sleep1470 supersede1482 respectc1487 postpone1496 overseta1500 respett1500 enjourna1513 relong1523 retract1524 tarde1524 track1524 to fode forth1525 tract1527 protract1528 further1529 to make stay of1530 surcease1530 prorogate1534 to fay upon longc1540 linger1543 retard?1543 slake1544 procrastine1548 reprieve1548 remit1550 suspense1556 leave1559 shiftc1562 suspend1566 procrastinate1569 dally1574 post1577 to hold off1580 drift1584 loiter1589 postpose1598 to take one's (own) timea1602 flag1602 slug1605 elong1610 belay1613 demur1613 tardya1616 to hang up1623 frist1637 disjourn1642 future1642 off1642 waive1653 superannuate1655 perendinate1656 stave1664 detard1675 remora1686 to put back1718 withhold1726 protract1737 to keep over1847 to hold over1853 laten1860 to lay over1885 hold1891 back-burner1975 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xxxvi. f. lxxxxiiii When the ordynarye hathe surcessyd hys tyme he hathe loste hys power. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxxxix They..wil..maruel at this long delay and surceasing. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xl. 332 I defer, protract,..surcease,..and shift off, the Time of giving a Definitive Sentence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1590v.1428
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