Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cease

Cease (sēs) , intransitive verb

[Old English cessen, cesen, French cesser, from Latin cessare, v. intensive from cedere to withdraw. See Cede, and compare Cessation.]

1.
To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.
To cease from strife. — Bible (KJV) - Proverb xx. 3
2.
To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
The poor shall never cease out of the land. — Deut. xv. 11

Cease , transitive verb

To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
But he, her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed peace. — Milton
Cease, then, this impious rage. — Milton

Cease , noun

Extinction. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare