† sucˈcease, v. Obs.
Also 6 suckeses.
Altered form of surcease.
| 1551 Gray's New Year's Gift 31 in Furnivall Ballads fr. MSS. I. 420 The Iusteses, that sholde se this suckeses [Camb. MS. surcesse], stand by and her yt, and kepe the kynges pese. 1630 J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. iii. 92/1 This riff raff rubbish..Came to vs as our fire began to smother..Commanding that our bonfire should succease. |