- surceased
- sur·cease || 'sÉœr'sɪËs /sÉœË'sɪËs v. stop, cease; come to an end, finish
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Surcease — Sur*cease , v. t. To cause to cease; to end. [Obs.] The waves . . . their range surceast. Spenser. [1913 Webster] The nations, overawed, surceased the fight. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Warlike — War like , a. 1. Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition. [1913 Webster] Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial. [1913 Webster] The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
surcease — I. verb (surceased; surceasing) Etymology: Middle English sursesen, surcesen, from Anglo French surceser, alteration of surseer, surseoir, from Latin supersedēre more at supersede Date: 15th century intransitive verb to desist from action; also… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Catania — Infobox CityIT official name = Comune di Catania img coa = Catania Stemma Alt.png img coa small = image caption = u Liotru , symbol of Catania region = RegioneIT|sigla=SIC province = ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=CT (CT) mayor = Raffaele… … Wikipedia
surcease — /serr sees /, v., surceased, surceasing. n. v.i. 1. to cease from some action; desist. 2. to come to an end. v.t. 3. Archaic to cease from; leave off. n. 4. cessation; end. [1400 50; SUR 1 + CEASE; r. late ME sursesen (v.) < MF sursis (ptp. of… … Universalium
surcease — [c]/sɜˈsis/ (say ser sees) Obsolete –verb (surceased, surceasing) –verb (i) 1. to cease from some action; desist. 2. to come to an end. –verb (t) 3. to cease from; leave off. –noun 4. cessation; end. {Middle English sursese, from Old French… …
surcease — [sʉr sēs′; ] for n., usually [ sʉr′sēs΄] vt., vi. surceased, surceasing [ME sursessen < OFr sursis, pp. of surseoir, to pause, delay < L supersedere, to refrain from: see SUPERSEDE] Archaic to stop; end n. an end, or cessation … English World dictionary
sur|cease — «sur SEES», noun, verb, ceased, ceas|ing. –n. end; cessation: »There is no surcease in the torrent of Princes…who continue to pour into the capital (Daily Telegraph). Vainly I had sought to borrow from my books surcease of sorrow (Edgar Allan… … Useful english dictionary
OMER — (Heb. עֹמֶר, lit. sheaf ), an offering brought to the Temple on the 16th of Nisan and thus the name of the period between Passover and Shavuot. The Bible (Lev. 23:9ff.) prescribes that when you enter the land which I am giving to you and reap its … Encyclopedia of Judaism
