surcease

1. (intransitive) To come to an end; to desist.Examples: "[…] this distilled liquor drink thou off; / When presently through all thy veins shall run / A cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse / Shall keep his native progress, but surcease:"; "1899, Zénaïde A. Ragozin, Frithjof, The Viking of Norway in Frithjof, The Viking of Norway and Roland, The Paladin of France, Tales of the Heroic Ages, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Chapter 9, p. 67, And instantly the storm surceases, the heavens clear, the sun comes forth in splendour, as a king entering the audience-hall, and sheds the glory of his presence over ship and sea and land."intransitive

2. (transitive) To bring to an end.Examples: "The vvaves obedient to theyr beheaſt, / Them yielded ready paſſage, and their rage ſurceaſt."; "Death dvvels vvithin vs, and if gentle Peace / Diſcend not ſoone, our ſorrovves to ſurceaſe, / Latium (alreadie quaild) vvill be deſtroyd."; "The Nations, over-avv'd, ſurceaſe the Fight, / Immoveable their Bodies, fix’d their Sight: […]"transitive