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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stop \Stop\, v. i.
1. To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a
stop.
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He bites his lip, and starts;
Stops on a sudden, looks upon the ground;
Then lays his finger on his temple: strait
Springs out into fast gait; then stops again.
--Shak.
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2. To cease from any motion, or course of action.
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Stop, while ye may, suspend your mad career!
--Cowper.
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3. To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to
tarry; as, to stop with a friend. [Colloq.]
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By stopping at home till the money was gone. --R. D.
Blackmore.
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{To stop over}, to stop at a station or airport beyond the
time of the departure of the train or airplane on which
one came, with the purpose of continuing one's journey on
a subsequent train or airplane; to break one's journey.
See {stopover}, n.
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