surceased
surceased is the simple past and past participle of surcease.
Meaning of surcease
Verb
surcease (third-person singular simple present surceases, present participle surceasing, simple past and past participle surceased)
- To come to an end; to desist.
- […] this distilled liquor drink thou off; / When presently through all thy veins shall run / A cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse / Shall keep his native progress, but surcease:c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- To bring to an end.
- The vvaves obedient to theyr beheaſt, / Them yielded ready paſſage, and their rage ſurceaſt.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31
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