ceased
Americanadjective
verb
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They, turning, faced the Greeks; the Greeks repulsed, Ceased from all carnage, nor supposed they less130 Than that some Deity, the starry skies Forsaken, help'd their foes, so firm they stood.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
Ceased not the spy to haunt our sides, till seen * Our love estranged and then estranged was he: In truth I trusted to fair thoughts of thine * Though spake the wicked spy maliciously.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Ceased to snow at last; to-day it is quite pleasant.
From History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra by McGlashan, C. F. (Charles Fayette)
Ceased in a breath the showery sound; And teasingly, now, as I look around, Sweet sunlight shines!
From Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems by Lathrop, George Parsons
You mean that the purchase was made since Ferrara—" "Ceased to visit the house?
From Brood of the Witch-Queen by Rohmer, Sax
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