cessate
Cessate is a form of the verb cessare meaning to cease or stop. It appears in two related languages: Latin and Italian. In Latin, cessate is the second-person plural imperative of cessare, used to command a group to stop an action. The same form appears in later Latin texts and in scholastic usage. In Italian, cessate is the second-person plural imperative of cessare, used much like the English “cease” to address multiple people. It is common in formal or official contexts, especially in phrases that direct actions to stop. Examples include "Cessate il fuoco" (Cease fire) and "Cessate ogni attività" (Cease all activity). The imperative is typically used with no subject pronoun; the understood subject is voi (you all). The verb and its imperative can also appear in legal or diplomatic language when a directive is issued to multiple parties.
In English, cessate functions primarily as a quoted or studied form rather than a productive English term.
Etymology: cessate derives from Latin cessare, a first-conjugation verb meaning to cease, from the same root