Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUR-CEASE, v.i. [Fr. sur and cesser, to cease.]

1. To cease; to stop; to be at an end. – Donne.
2. To leave off; to practice no longer; to refrain finally. So pray'd he, whilst an angel's voice from high, / Bade surcease to importune the sky. – Harte. [This word is entirely useless, being precisely synonymous with cease, and it is nearly obsolete.]