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cesser — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  • cease verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
  • fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
  • rest noun Relief from work or activity, especially by sleeping or relaxing.
  • stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.

Senses

cesser is used for these senses in English:

  • abate To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure). [from early 15th c.]
  • break up (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.
  • cease (formal, intransitive) To stop.
  • cease (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
  • fail (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
  • rest (transitive, reflexive, copulative) To put into a state of rest.

abate — full definition

  1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

cease — full definition

  1. verb To stop happening or existing; to come to an end.
  2. verb To stop doing something.

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