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ceaseth

ceaseth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cease.

Meaning of cease

Verb

cease (third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased)

  1. (formal, intransitive) To stop.
    • And with that, his twitching ceased.
  2. (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
    • And with that, he ceased twitching.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.
    • The poor shall never cease out of the land.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 15:11
    Synonyms:
    desert, lack

See all 5 meanings of cease

Origin of ceaseth

From cease + -eth.

Questions about ceaseth

What is ceaseth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ceaseth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cease.

Words near ceaseth in the dictionary

  1. ceaser
  2. ceasers
  3. ceases
  4. ceases and desists
  5. ceasest
  6. ceaseth
  7. ceasing
  8. ceasing and desisting
  9. ceasings
  10. Ceatalchioi
  11. Ceausescu

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