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- "We hunted," said my father, "but the one you call a fool wished us to hunt from one moon to the next, never ceasing."†
p. 6.4 *ceasing = stopping or discontinuing
- But the cries suddenly ceased as my father shook his head and turned his back on the chest.†
p. 19.8ceased = stopped or discontinued
- On the third day the rain ceased and I went out to look for things which I would need in building the house.†
p. 68.6
Definitions:
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(cease) to stop or discontinue
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(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.