Both Uses

cease
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The Overcoat, by Gogol
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In despair, but without ceasing to shout, he started at a run across the square, straight towards the watchbox, beside which stood the watchman, leaning on his halberd, and apparently curious to know what kind of a customer was running towards him and shouting.†

ceasing = stopping or discontinuing
But the most noteworthy point was, that from that day forward the apparition of the dead tchinovnik ceased to be seen.†
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ceased = stopped or discontinued

Definitions:

(1) (cease)
to stop or discontinue
(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.