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surcease
[sur-sees]
verb (used without object)
to cease from some action; desist.
to come to an end.
verb (used with object)
Archaic.to cease from; leave off.
noun
cessation; end.
surcease
/ ɜːˈː /
noun
cessation or intermission
verb
to desist from (some action)
to cease or cause to cease
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of surcease1
Example Sentences
So if there is surcease from sorrow, and my name is attached to it, thank God.”
Turtles on top of turtles on top of more turtles without surcease.
"Acting is giving a blessing and getting a blessing. You can feel it all over, and when you make people laugh, you do what Shakespeare says: You give surcease from sorrow," he said.
All readers will admire her unadorned but wise summation that answered prayers are “a surcease of worry.”
Let him languish in pain, crying aloud for mercy, and let there be no surcease to this agony till he sing in dissolution.
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