Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ceasest.
Examples
-
Then, casting it from her hand, she cried, Tell me O wicked old woman, the cause of all that hath befallen me from thee and from thy cunning and thine advocacy of him, so that thou hast made me write letter after letter and thou ceasest not to carry messages, going and coming between us twain, till thou hast brought about a correspondence and a connection.
-
Thou ceasest not to pluck them out, while I often entangle myself in the snares on all sides laid; because Thou that keepest Israel shalt neither slumber nor sleep.
The Confessions 1999
-
Thou ceasest not to pluck them out, but I constantly remain fast in the snares set all around me.
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955
-
Is it not true that thou ceasest not (to fight) till thou hast vanquished thy foe? '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
-
Thou ceasest not to pluck them out, while I often entangle myself in the snares on all sides aid: because Thou that keepest Israel neither slumber nor sleep.
The Tenth Book 1909
-
For if thou ceasest to sin when thou canst sin no longer, thou dost not abandon sin, but sin abandons thee.
Spiritual Works of Louis of Blois 1506-1566 1903
-
Then be still thou, darest thou compare thy poverty to the riches of S. Gregory which lovest more thy cat, with whom thou ceasest not to stroke and play, than S. Gregory doth all his riches, for he ceaseth never to give alms for God's sake?
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
-
Oh! may they be accursed by thee, Lord, and by all the court of heaven, and by me, thine unworthy servant, they who by their bad example overturn and destroy all that thou didst do in the beginning and ceasest not to do by the holy Brothers of this
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
-
For if to drink it largely doth injure, and yet not even so thou desistest from thy excess in it; if this is so disgraceful and injurious, and yet thou ceasest not even so from thy depraved longing; if it were possible both to drink largely and be nothing harmed, where wouldest thou have stayed in thine excess?
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
-
Thy praise, when Thou ceasest not to show kindness unto me?
Meditations on the Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. c. 1300-1361 1875
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.