SURCE'ASE, v.i.
1. To cease; to stop; to be at an end.
2. To leave off; to practice no longer; to refrain finally.
So pray'd he, whilst an angel's voice from high,
Bade him surcease to importune the sky.
[This word is entirely useless, being precisely synonymous with cease, and it is nearly obsolete.]
SURCE'ASE, v.t. To stop; to cause to cease.
SURCE'ASE, n. Cessation; stop.
