All 3 Uses of
cease
in
True Believer, by Sparks
- At Columbia—he was the only one of his brothers to attend college and became the first in his family ever to graduate, a fact his mother never ceased to point out to strangers—he'd double-majored in physics and chemistry, with the intention of becoming a professor.†
Chpt 2ceased = stopped or discontinued
- Life here never ceases to amaze me.†
Chpt 12 *ceases = stops or discontinues
- But the memories of spending parts of her youth here never ceased to calm her, and after storing her bags and the groceries she'd picked up for the weekend, she'd opened the windows to air out the place.†
Chpt 13ceased = stopped or discontinued
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.