SURCE'ASE, verb intransitive 1. To cease; to stop; to be at an end. 2. To leave off; to practice no longer; to refrain finally. So pray'd he, whilst an angel's voice from high, Bade him surcease to importune the sky. [This word is entirely useless, being precisely synonymous with cease, and it is nearly obsolete.] SURCE'ASE, verb transitive To stop; to cause to cease. SURCE'ASE, noun Cessation; stop.
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