surcease

UK: /sɜːˈsiːs/ US: /sɝˈsis/ ,(sûr sēs′)

Inflections of 'surcease' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

surceases

v 3rd person singular

surceasing

v pres p

surceased

v past

surceased

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

sur•cease /sɜrˈsis/   v., -ceased, -ceas•ing, n. 
v. [no object]

1. to stop doing some action.

n. [uncountable]

2. end.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sur•cease  (sûr sēs′), v., -ceased, -ceas•ing. n. 
v.i. 

1. to cease from some action;
   desist.
2. to come to an end.

v.t. 

3. [Archaic] to cease from;
   leave off.

n. 

4. cessation;
   end.

• Latin supersessus (past participle of supersedēre to forbear; see supersede), equivalent. to super- super- + sed(ēre) sit¹ + -tus past participle suffix, with dt ss
• Middle French sursis (past participle of surseoir)
• 1400–50; sur-¹ + cease; replacing late Middle English sursesen (verb, verbal)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

surcease / sɜːˈsiːs/ noun

1. cessation or intermission

verb

1. to desist from (some action)
2. to cease or cause to cease

Etymology: 16th Century: from earlier sursesen, from Old French surseoir, from Latin supersedēre; see supersede