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Without cessation; continually.

A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end. Before the expiration of thy time. Shak.

Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

as to be generally believed. -- To fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without cessation. Acts iii. 4.

The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything. [Written also whoa, and, formerly, hoo.] The duke . . . pulled out his sword and cried "Hoo!" Chaucer. An herald on a scaffold made an hoo. Chaucer.

Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes. Rest or intermission none I find. Milton.

Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent. "Intermissive miseries." Shak. "Intermissive wars." Howell.

e course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking. Do not interrupt me in my course. Shak.

Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.

Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up. [Colloq.]

A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.

The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change.

The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness. Second childishness and mere oblivion. Shak. Among our crimes oblivion may be set. Dryden The origin of our city will be buried in eternal oblivion. W. Irving.

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.

Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing. The perennial existence of bodies corporate. Burke.

ing, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money. "To promise aid." Shak.

he steam to escape. Lease and release. (Law) See under Lease. -- Out of release, without cessation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. Chaucer. Sleep give thee all his rest! Shak.