All 5 Uses of
cease
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
- That it was no one's fault, that their daughter would be in good hands, with others like herself, with ceaseless care.†
p. 19.8 *ceaseless = 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 idea of a memorial service seemed to have stopped the draining of energy and will that had begun on the steps of the clinic and had not ceased until this moment.†
p. 48.8ceased = stopped or discontinued
- The small muscles in his arms and shoulders had ceased moving.†
p. 186.1
- He talked until the words slowed, ebbed, finally ceased.†
p. 275.5
- No one would believe he had simply ceased caring, but it was true.†
p. 319.1
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.