All 8 Uses of
cease
in
The Two Towers
- Fierce and shrill rose the yells of the Orcs, and suddenly the horn-calls ceased.†
Chpt 3.1 *ceased = stopped or discontinued
- Later in the night when the moon came out of the mist, then occasionally they could be seen, shadowy shapes that glinted now and again in the white light, as they moved in ceaseless patrol.†
Chpt 3.3ceaseless = never-endingstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in ceaseless means without and reverses the meaning of cease. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
- The Ents were drawing near the crest of the ridge now, and all song had ceased.†
Chpt 3.4ceased = stopped or discontinued
- They rode down to the river, and as they came the wolves ceased their howling and slunk away.†
Chpt 3.8
- Now the watch-towers, which had fallen into decay, were repaired, and filled with arms, and garrisoned with ceaseless vigilance.†
Chpt 4.3ceaseless = never-endingstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in ceaseless means without and reverses the meaning of cease. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
- At first he could hear no sound but the unceasing rush of the fall behind him.†
Chpt 4.6unceasing = not stopping or discontinuingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unceasing means not and reverses the meaning of ceasing. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- ' So it went on, almost as unceasing as the waterfall, only interrupted by a faint noise of slavering and gurgling.†
Chpt 4.6
- This doom shall stand for a year and a day, and then cease, unless you shall before that term come to Minas Tirith and present yourself to the Lord and Steward of the City.†
Chpt 4.6cease = stop or discontinue
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.