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ils cessèrent

stopped, ceased

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cess to stop, to cease + èrent 3rd person plural past historic
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #38,847
stopped, ceased This is a literary past tense, mainly used in written narratives.
FR: Les enfants cessèrent de courir.
EN: The children stopped running.
Conjugation of cesser
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third cessa cessèrent

Pendant un quart de minute, nos archers cessèrent le feu.

For a quarter of a minute, our archers ceased fire.

Soudain, les éclairs cessèrent.

Suddenly, the lightning stopped.

Les clients cessèrent de venir dans notre boutique.

Customers stopped coming to our store.

Puis, en septembre, les émeutes cessèrent et la vie reprit son cours normal.

Then, in September, the riots stopped and life returned to normal.

— 2046 (2004)

Sami et Layla cessèrent de se battre.

Sami and Layla stopped fighting.

Les vibrations cessèrent.

The vibrations stopped.

Ils cessèrent de parler.

They stopped talking.

Ils cessèrent enfin de travailler.

They finally stopped working.