different between cease vs leggo

English

Etymology

From Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cess? (“leave off”), frequentative of c?d? (“to leave off, go away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?s/
• Rhymes: -i?s

Verb

cease (third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased)

1. (formal, intransitive) To stop.

   And with that, his twitching ceased.

2. (formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).

   And with that, he ceased twitching.

3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish

Synonyms

• (to stop): discontinue, hold, terminate; See also Thesaurus:end or Thesaurus:stop
• (to stop doing): arrest; discontinue; See also Thesaurus:desist
• (to be wanting): desert, lack

Derived terms

• cease and desist
• cease-fire
• ceaseless

Related terms

• cessation

Translations

Noun

cease

1. (obsolete) Cessation; extinction (see without cease).

Anagrams

• escae

English

Pronunciation

Contraction

leggo

1. (slang, chiefly imperative) Contraction of let go.
   • 1949, William Lindsay Gresham: Limbo Tower (page 87)

     He stepped in, gripping the orderly by the front of his white jacket. "Hey, leggo me. You’ll start hemorrhaging and they’ll blame me."

   • 1966, Richard Johns: Pagany (page 120) [1]

     Hey, leggo, mister! I want to stay up there in the sun! Jim picked up the kid and carried him.

   • 2005, Christine M McMahon: Choices Made: The Street Years

     “Hey, leggo,” Nick said pushing Jamy back a little. “What are you doin’?” “I just wanted to hug you.”

2. (slang, chiefly imperative) Contraction of let's go. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Noun

leggo (plural leggos)

1. A form of calypso music; lavway.

Anagrams

• Gogel, eglog, logge, oggle

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???o

Verb

leggo

1. first-person singular present indicative of leggere

Anagrams

• logge