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surceasing

surceasing is the present participle and gerund of surcease.

Meaning of surcease

Verb

surcease (third-person singular simple present surceases, present participle surceasing, simple past and past participle surceased)

  1. (intransitive) 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...
  2. (transitive) 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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Questions about surceasing

What is surceasing the present participle and gerund of?
Surceasing is the present participle and gerund of surcease.

Words near surceasing in the dictionary

  1. surburbanite
  2. surceasance
  3. surcease
  4. surceased
  5. surceases
  6. surceasing
  7. surcession
  8. surcessions
  9. surcharge
  10. surchargeable
  11. surcharged

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