Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to surcease
Participle: surceased
Gerund: surceasing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | surcease |
| you | surcease |
| he;she;it | surceases |
| we | surcease |
| you | surcease |
| they | surcease |
Perfect
| I | have surceased |
| you | have surceased |
| he;she;it | has surceased |
| we | have surceased |
| you | have surceased |
| they | have surceased |
Past
| I | surceased |
| you | surceased |
| he;she;it | surceased |
| we | surceased |
| you | surceased |
| they | surceased |
Pluperfect
| I | had surceased |
| you | had surceased |
| he;she;it | had surceased |
| we | had surceased |
| you | had surceased |
| they | had surceased |
Future
| I | will surcease |
| you | will surcease |
| he;she;it | will surcease |
| we | will surcease |
| you | will surcease |
| they | will surcease |
Future Perfect
| I | will have surceased |
| you | will have surceased |
| he;she;it | will have surceased |
| we | will have surceased |
| you | will have surceased |
| they | will have surceased |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | surcease |
| you | surcease |
| he;she;it | surcease |
| we | surcease |
| you | surcease |
| they | surcease |
Perfect
| I | have surceased |
| you | have surceased |
| he;she;it | have surceased |
| we | have surceased |
| you | have surceased |
| they | have surceased |
Imperfect
| I | surceased |
| you | surceased |
| he;she;it | surceased |
| we | surceased |
| you | surceased |
| they | surceased |
Pluperfect
| I | had surceased |
| you | had surceased |
| he;she;it | had surceased |
| we | had surceased |
| you | had surceased |
| they | had surceased |
Conditional
Present
| I | would surcease |
| you | would surcease |
| he;she;it | would surcease |
| we | would surcease |
| you | would surcease |
| they | would surcease |
Perfect
| I | would have surceased |
| you | would have surceased |
| he;she;it | would have surceased |
| we | would have surceased |
| you | would have surceased |
| they | would have surceased |
Imperative
| you | surcease |
| we | Let's surcease |
| you | surcease |
Verbs conjugated like 'surcease'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'surcease'
purchase,
sarcase,
sublease,
surbase,
cease,
crease,
decease,
furcate,
grease,
perceave,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cease to proceed or act
- absist, belay, blin, break off, cease, cess, cheese it, come to an end, desist, discontinue, forbear, halt, have done with, hold, leave off, let up, rest, stanch, staunch, stay, stop, terminate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman surseser, from Old French sursis, past participle of surseoir, from Latin supersedēre. Spelling later influenced by association with unrelated cease, which likely also influenced the meaning. Related to supersede.
Sample Sentences
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[…] this distilled liquor drink thou off; / When presently through all thy veins shall run / A cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse / Shall keep his native progress, but surcease: [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:]
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1899, Zénaïde A. Ragozin, Frithjof, The Viking of Norway in Frithjof, The Viking of Norway and Roland, The Paladin of France, Tales of the Heroic Ages, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Chapter 9, p. 67,
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And instantly the storm surceases, the heavens clear, the sun comes forth in splendour, as a king entering the audience-hall, and sheds the glory of his presence over ship and sea and land.
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The vvaves obedient to theyr beheaſt, / Them yielded ready paſſage, and their rage ſurceaſt. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31:]
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Death dvvels vvithin vs, and if gentle Peace / Diſcend not ſoone, our ſorrovves to ſurceaſe, / Latium (alreadie quaild) vvill be deſtroyd. [1594, Robert Garnier, translated by Thomas Kid [i.e., Thomas Kyd], Pompey the Great, His Faire Corneliaes Tragedie: […], London: […] [James Roberts] for Nicholas Ling, published 1595, →OCLC, act I, signature B, verso:]
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The Nations, over-avv'd, ſurceaſe the Fight, / Immoveable their Bodies, fix’d their Sight: […] [1697, Virgil, “The Twelfth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, lines 1024–1025:]