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单词 surcease
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Definition of surcease in English:

surcease

noun səːˈsiːssərˈsēs
mass nounNorth American archaic
  • 1Ending; cessation.

    he teased us without surcease
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Savannah Bay, two women talk and talk - or pause and pose - without surcease.
    • In this country, not only have we been about the making of many, many books in recent years-more than 175,000 new titles and editions last year alone-but there also appears to be no surcease in sight.
    Synonyms
    interval, interlude, entr'acte, break, recess, pause, rest, respite, breathing space, lull, gap, stop, stoppage, halt
    1. 1.1 Relief or consolation.
      drugs are taken to provide surcease from intolerable psychic pain
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A mixture of pain, grief, and guilt - one of the most bitter cocktails the human experience offers - can cause people to do unexpected things in the quest for surcease.
      • Only art, he says, offers us surcease from this cycle of striving meeting disappointment.
      • A shepherd or two could be spared, but the suffering of kings demands surcease.
      • With their thirst for revenge sated, there is nothing left for either Lavinia or the maddened Titus but the surcease of sorrow in death.
      • All the 12-steps deals seem to give him some sort of surcease from daily pressures.
      • My wife Mary returned to Honolulu with Miki to help with all the arrangements and to offer some surcease from the grief.
      Synonyms
      interval, intermission, break, recess, pause, respite, rest, breathing space, halt, gap, stop, stoppage, hiatus, lull
verb səːˈsiːssərˈsēs
[no object]archaic
  • Stop; cease.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Logging old growth forests - and distributing and selling old growth forest products - is a barbaric, outdated practice that has surceased in the American marketplace.
    • You can now toss the bottle of Prozac over your shoulder and realize that depression has surceased.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French sursis, past participle of Old French surseoir 'refrain, delay', from Latin supersedere (see supersede). The change in the ending was due to association with cease; the noun dates from the late 16th century.

Rhymes

anis, apiece, Berenice, caprice, cassis, cease, coulisse, crease, Dumfries, fils, fleece, geese, grease, Greece, kris, lease, Lucrece, MacNeice, Matisse, McAleese, Nice, niece, obese, peace, pelisse, police, Rees, Rhys, set piece, sublease, two-piece, underlease
 
 

Definition of surcease in US English:

surcease

nounsərˈsēs
North American archaic
  • 1Cessation.

    he teased us without surcease
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In this country, not only have we been about the making of many, many books in recent years-more than 175,000 new titles and editions last year alone-but there also appears to be no surcease in sight.
    • In Savannah Bay, two women talk and talk - or pause and pose - without surcease.
    Synonyms
    interval, interlude, entr'acte, break, recess, pause, rest, respite, breathing space, lull, gap, stop, stoppage, halt
    1. 1.1 Relief or consolation.
      drugs are taken to provide surcease from intolerable psychic pain
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A shepherd or two could be spared, but the suffering of kings demands surcease.
      • All the 12-steps deals seem to give him some sort of surcease from daily pressures.
      • With their thirst for revenge sated, there is nothing left for either Lavinia or the maddened Titus but the surcease of sorrow in death.
      • Only art, he says, offers us surcease from this cycle of striving meeting disappointment.
      • My wife Mary returned to Honolulu with Miki to help with all the arrangements and to offer some surcease from the grief.
      • A mixture of pain, grief, and guilt - one of the most bitter cocktails the human experience offers - can cause people to do unexpected things in the quest for surcease.
      Synonyms
      interval, intermission, break, recess, pause, respite, rest, breathing space, halt, gap, stop, stoppage, hiatus, lull
verbsərˈsēs
[no object]archaic
  • Cease.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Logging old growth forests - and distributing and selling old growth forest products - is a barbaric, outdated practice that has surceased in the American marketplace.
    • You can now toss the bottle of Prozac over your shoulder and realize that depression has surceased.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French sursis, past participle of Old French surseoir ‘refrain, delay’, from Latin supersedere (see supersede). The change in the ending was due to association with cease; the noun dates from the late 16th century.

 
 
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