surcease

Etymology
From, from , past participle of , from. Spelling later influenced by association with unrelated cease.

Noun

 * 1) Cessation; stop, stopping; end. Respite, intermission.

Verb

 * 1)  To come to an end; to desist.
 * 2) * 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,
 * 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.
 * 1)  To bring to an end.
 * 1)  To bring to an end.