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Webster 1913 Edition
Desist
De-sist′
(?; 277)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Desisted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Desisting
.] To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; – often with from.
Never
desisting
to do evil. E. Hall.
To
desist
from his bad practice. Massinger.
Desist
(thou art discern’d,And toil'st in vain).
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Desist
DESIST
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
desist
desist
English
Verb
desist (third-person singular simple present desists, present participle desisting, simple past and past participle desisted)
- (intransitive) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
- 1906, Jack London, White Fang, part I, ch I,
- One Ear was uttering quick, eager whines, lunging at the length of his stick toward the darkness, and desisting now and again in order to make frantic attacks on the stick with his teeth.
- 1906, Jack London, White Fang, part I, ch I,
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to cease to proceed or act
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