Both Uses of
cease
in
The Voyage of the Dawn Trader
- Then all the thumping noises drew together about twenty feet away from her and suddenly ceased.†
Chpt 9 *ceased = stopped or discontinued
- And no wonder, for the days when I was a star had ceased long before any of you knew this world, and all the constellations have changed.†
Chpt 14
Definitions:
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(1)
(cease) to stop or discontinue
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Note that the expression, cease fire means to stop doing battle such as firing funs at each other. Similarly, the noun, cease-fire, is a state of having stopped doing battle.