CEASE.
Synonyms:
| abstain, | desist, | give over, | quit, |
| bring to an end, | discontinue, | intermit, | refrain, |
| come to an end, | end, | leave off, | stop, |
| conclude, | finish, | pause, | terminate. |
Strains of music may gradually or suddenly cease. A man quits work on the instant; he may discontinue a practise gradually;[99] he quits suddenly and completely; he stops short in what he may or may not resume; he pauses in what he will probably resume. What intermits or is intermitted returns again, as a fever that intermits. Compare [ABANDON]; [DIE]; [END]; [REST].
Antonyms:
| begin, | enter upon, | initiate, | originate, | set going, | set on foot, |
| commence, | inaugurate, | institute, | set about, | set in operation, | start. |
Preposition:
Cease from anger.