Akademik
surcease
n. & v. literary
—n. a cessation.
—v.intr. & tr. cease.
Etymology
: ME f. OF sursis, -ise (
cf
. AF sursise omission), past part. of OF surseoir refrain, delay f. L (as SUPERSEDE), with assim. to CEASE
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