279. Surcease - Formal Literary English - CPE Vocabulary

Surcease : (활동이)그치다, 멈추다, 끝나다, (일시적인)정지, 끝남, 그침

Cessation : 중단, 중지, 끝남, 그침

 

to surcease

to bring something to an end

something comes to an end

to stop doing something

After half an hour, the rain finally surceased, it came to an end, it stopped

I surceased the activity that I was doing 

Please surcease and don't go on doing that

to desist

to stop doing

the problems seem to surcease, they always seem to be one after another

 

You can use a surcease as a noun, a temporary respite and interval,  but cessation would be better

the surcease of the winter, the end of the winter

the surcease of the storm

the Google says that this word is quite archaic but I've encountered it twice in audio books this week

It's rather formal word

 

Formality : 7

 

 

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