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Webster 1913 Edition

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Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Desisted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Desisting

[L.

desistere

;

de-

sistere

to stand, stop, fr.

stare

to stand: cf. F.

désister

. See

To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; – often with from.

Never

desisting

to do evil.

E. Hall.

desist

from his bad practice.

Massinger.

Desist

(thou art discern’d,
And toil'st in vain).

Milton.

Verb.

[L. To stand.] To stop; to cease to act or proceed; to forbear; with from; as, he desisted from his purpose; let us desist.