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   surcease

   /səːˈsiːs/

   noun

   • 1. ending; cessation: archaic North American "he teased us without surcease"
   • ▪ relief or consolation: archaic North American "drugs are taken to provide surcease from intolerable psychic pain"

   verb

   • 1. stop; cease. archaic

   Word 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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