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Halt :: Halt (v. t.) To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment..

Canonization :: Canonization (n.) The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

Stint :: Stint (v. i.) To stop; to cease.

Expire :: Expire (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday..

Leave :: Leave (v.) To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.

Inherit :: Inherit (v. t.) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds; to receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease; as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of a nobleman inherits his father's title; the eldest son of a king inherits the crown..

Terminate :: Terminate (v. t.) To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy..

Disuse :: Disuse (v. t.) To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls..

Halt :: Halt (v. i.) To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health..

Requiem :: Requiem (n.) Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person..

Reflorescence :: Reflorescence (n.) A blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceased blossoming for the season.

Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded..

Unbend :: Unbend (v. i.) To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.

Surcease :: Surcease (v. t.) To cause to cease; to end.

Devastavit :: Devastavit (n.) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator.

Pause :: Pause (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses..

Nonregent :: Nonregent (n.) A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent.

Congeal :: Congeal (v. i.) To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled..

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