Reverse Dictionary: CEASE

ADJECTIVES
1894 ► DEVALLING ceasing, stopping, halting → Sc.

INTERJECTIONS
1842 ► HAVE DONE! cease, stop, be quiet → Eng. dial.
20C.. ► CHEESE IT! → CHEEZE IT! a warning or command to cease any improper inactivity in order to avoid detection → Amer. sl.

NOUNS
1175 ► LEATH cessation, intermission, rest → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1450 ► BATE cessation, deduction, diminution, abatement → obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
1837 ► LET-UP a cessation; a pause; a relief → US
1871 ► DEVALL cessation, a pause, halt → Sc.
1891 ► DEVALLING cessation, stop → Sc.
1912 ► CESS cease, cessation → Amer. dial.

VERBS
1100 ► BURST to cease, to come to an end → obs.
1205 ► LEATH to cease, to abate → obs.
1325 ► BATE to cease, to come to an end → obs.
1327 ► HANG UP ONE’S HATCHET to cease from one’s labours; to take a rest → obs.
1390 ► TERMINE to cause to cease, to put an endo to; to bring to a conclusion, to complete; to terminate → obs.
M16. ► PACK UP ONE’S PIPES → POKE UP ONE’S PIPES → PUT UP ONE’S PIPES  to cease from an action; to stop talking → sl.
1583 ► EASE to cease, to slacken → obs.
1637 ► SUBSIST to cease, to stop at a certain point → obs.
1659 ► TURN DOWN A LEAF to cease for a time → obs.
1676 ► SIST to cease, to desist, to stop → obs.
1790 ► LOW to cease; to stop work or activity → Sc. obs.
1790 ► QUAT to cease work; to desist from, to stop → Sc.
19C.. ► STUT to cease, to stop; to stay, remain → obs.
1806 ► TINE to cease; to be lost; to perish → Sc.
1814 ► CLAP A GUY ON to cease, to put a stop to → obs., nautical usage
1823 ► DEVALL to cease, to halt, to stop, to desist → Sc., N. Ireland, & Eng. dial.
1827 ► QUIT to cease, to give up, to desist → Sc.
1846 ► BALL OFF to cease, to finish quickly → Eng. dial.
M19. ► PALL  to cease, to stop → sl.
1857 ► LET UP to cease, to become less severe → orig. & chiefly US
1861 ► QUIT OFF to cease from; to stop doing something → Amer. dial.
1889 ► NARK to cease, to desist, to stop → sl.
1889 ► TAKE REST to cease; to be pacified → Eng. dial.
1899 ► THROW UP THE DRUMSTICKS to cease an attempt, to throw up a job → Eng. dial.
L19.. ► CHATHAM AND DOVER  to cease, to stop → rhyming sl. for ‘give over’
1901 ► STOP ONE’S THROPPLE to cease talking, singing, or making a noise → Ireland
1911 ► BLIN to cease, to desist, to stop; to cause to stop → Sc. (Bk.)
1914 ► BLOW to cease; to get away; to lose; to miss something absent → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1914 ► CHOP to cease, to quit → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1919 ► CUT OUT to cease, to finish; to come to an end → Aust. & NZ
1927 ► BUNCH to cease, to stop, to abandon; to quit a job; to leave something unfinished → Amer. dial.
1942 ► PACK IN to cease an activity or to function; to become useless → sl.
1953 ► GIVE THE GAME AWAY to cease doing something; to abandon; to give up → Aust. sl.
1960 ► ICE to cease, to reject, to turn down → African-American sl.