Both Uses of
cease
in
The Silver Chair
- The birds had ceased singing and there was perfect silence except for one small, persistent sound, which seemed to come from a good distance away.†
Chpt 2 *ceased = stopped or discontinued
- There seemed no end to the line of giants, and they never ceased hurling stones, some of which fell extremely close.†
Chpt 6
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.