ceasing

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“ceasing” is listed under Cease.

Origin: OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr. L. cessare, v. intensive fr. cedere to withdraw. See Cede, and cf. 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.” Prov. xx. 3.

2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.

The poor shall never cease out of the land.— Deut. xv. 11.

Synonyms: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54