The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surcease \Sur*cease"\, n. [F. sursis, from sursis, p. p. of
   surseoir to suspend, postpone, defer, in OF., to delay,
   refrain from, forbear, L. supersedere. Surcease is not
   connected with E. cease. See Supersede.]
   Cessation; stop; end. "Not desire, but its surcease."
   --Longfellow.
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         It is time that there were an end and surcease made of
         this immodest and deformed manner of writing. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surcease \Sur*cease"\, v. t.
   To cause to cease; to end. [Obs.] "The waves . . . their
   range surceast." --Spenser.
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         The nations, overawed, surceased the fight. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surcease \Sur*cease"\, v. i.
   To cease. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

surcease
    n 1: a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" [syn: cessation,
         surcease]