ceasing, vbl. n.
(ˈsiːsɪŋ)
[f. cease v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb cease, in its various senses; cessation. without ceasing: incessantly.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter cxliv. [cxlv.] 2 Ilk day wiþouten cessynge..i sall loue þe. 1490 Caxton Eneydos xxxvi. 126 Thenne gaffe the kynge seassyng to hys wordes. 1592 Greene Art Conny-catch. iii. 19 The time of ceissing betweene the seuerall toyes and fancies hee plaied. 1611 Bible 1 Thess. v. 17 Pray without ceasing. 1745 Warburton Remarks Occas. Refl. ii. (R.) Spencer..did not mean by abrogation a ceasing, but an alteration. 1862 Trench Poems, Justin Mart. 11 The ceasing of this painful breath. |
2. Comb. † ceasing-day, day of rest, sabbath.
| 1382 Wyclif Lev. xxiii. 4 Thes ben the holy cesyng daies of the Lord. |