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11cease — cease1 W3 [si:s] v [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: cesser, from Latin cessare to delay , from cedere; CEDE] 1.) formal to stop doing something or stop happening cease to do sth ▪ He ceased to be a member of the association. ▪ …
12Cease and desist — A cease and desist is an order or request to halt an activity (cease) and not to take it up again later (desist) or else face legal action. The recipient of the cease and desist may be an individual or an organization. In the U.S. the term is… …
13cease — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, acknowledge defeat, ad infinitum, be consumed, be done for, be gone, be no more, belay, calm, calm down, cancel, cease to be, cease to exist, ceaselessly, cede, cessation, close, come… …
14cease — [c]/sis / (say sees) verb (ceased, ceasing) –verb (i) 1. to stop (moving, speaking, etc.): he ceased crying. 2. to come to an end: I ll continue as soon as that noise ceases. 3. Obsolete to die. –verb (t) 4. to put a stop or end to; discontinue:… …
15cease — I. verb (ceased; ceasing) Etymology: Middle English cesen, from Anglo French cesser, from Latin cessare to hold back, be remiss, frequentative of cedere Date: 14th century transitive verb to cause to come to an end especially gradually ; no… …
16Cease Fire (Enterprise) — ST episode name = Cease Fire Archer negotiates between the Andorians Vulcans series = Enterprise ep num = 41 prod num = 215 date = February 12, 2003 writer =Chris Black director = David Straiton guest = Vaughn Armstrong Jeffrey Combs Suzie… …
17Cease-Fire Groups — Between 1989 and the late 1990s, 22 major and minor ethnic armed groups signed cease fires with the State Law and Order Restoration Council/State Peace and Development Council: • Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA, 1989) •… …
18cease and desist order — noun (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order • Syn: ↑injunction, ↑enjoining, ↑enjoinment • Derivationally… …
19cease and desist — 1. verb To stop and to not resume an action. 2. noun A demanding that one cease and desist from continuing certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel. a cease and desist letter; a cease and desist… …
20cease — [14] Cease comes via Old French cesser from Latin cessāre ‘delay, stop’. This was derived from cessus, the past participle of cēdere ‘go away, withdraw, yield’, which was also the basis of cessation [14], from Latin cessātiō. => CESSATION …
