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   Stop , v. i.
   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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   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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   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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