ceased
past form of “cease” — put an end to a state or an activity
An inflected form of cease · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,113 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,542 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- put an end to a state or an activity also: discontinue, stop, give up, quit, lay off Quit teasing your little brother
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical also: end, stop, finish, terminate the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bedYour rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other
ceased in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And babbling echo never ceased calling, Phillis, disdain is fit for none but truthless.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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Mr. Jacks watched him very closely, and, when he ceased, reflected for a moment.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1
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I said nothing, but it was a long time before my limbs ceased to shake.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Because, whilst the present sufficed to her modest ambition, the future had ceased to cause her any uneasiness.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Life had ceased to be a rather grey, orderly business in which day succeeded day calmly and without event.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1