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cease
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Where the Red Fern Grows
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- It seems that the worries and wants of a young boy never cease.
p. 62.1 *cease = end (discontinue)
- Her muscles were paralyzed and the blood had long since ceased to flow.†
p. 137.6ceased = stopped or discontinued
- He had long since ceased fighting.†
p. 165.8
Definitions:
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(cease) to stop or discontinue
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(2)
(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.