Sur*bet", a. Surbated; bruised. [Obs.] Spenser.
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.
It is time that there were an end and surcease made of this
immodest and deformed manner of writing.
Bacon.
Sur*cease", v. t. To cause to cease; to end. [Obs.] "The waves . . .
their range surceast." Spenser.
The nations, overawed, surceased the fight.
Dryden.