surcease

SURCE'ASE, v.i.

1. To cease; to stop; to be at an end.

2. To leave off; to practice no longer; to refrain finally.

So pray'd he, whilst an angel's voice from high,

Bade him surcease to importune the sky.

[This word is entirely useless, being precisely synonymous with cease, and it is nearly obsolete.]

SURCE'ASE, v.t. To stop; to cause to cease.

SURCE'ASE, n. Cessation; stop.