Desist
11desist — [[t]dɪzɪ̱st[/t]] desists, desisting, desisted VERB If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it. [FORMAL] [V from ing/n] Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America... [V from ing/n] The magazine will desist from …
12desist — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, acknowledge defeat, belay, cancel, cease, cede, come off, cry quits, cut it out, cut out, desist from, discontinue, disuse, drop, drop it, end, forgo, forswear, give, give over, give… …
13desist — de|sist [ dı sıst ] verb intransitive FORMAL to stop doing something: They were requested to desist from carrying out further experiments …
14desist — [dɪ sɪst, dɪ zɪst] verb (often desist from) stop doing something. Origin ME: from OFr. desister, from L. desistere, from de down from + sistere to stop …
15desist — verb (I) formal to stop doing something (+ from): You are ordered to desist from such behaviour …
16desist — verb manufacturers were ordered to desist from dumping chemicals in the river Syn: abstain from, refrain from, forbear from, hold back from, keep from; stop, cease, discontinue, suspend, give up, break off, drop, dispense with, eschew; informal… …
17desist — v.intr. (often foll. by from) literary abstain; cease (please desist from interrupting; when requested, he desisted). Etymology: OF desister f. L desistere (as DE , sistere stop, redupl. f. stare stand) …
18desist from — index discontinue (abandon), forbear, forgo, quit (discontinue), renounce, resign, waive …
19desist from — stop doing something. → desist …
20desist — intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French desister, from Latin desistere, from de + sistere to stand, stop; akin to Latin stare to stand more at stand Date: 15th century to cease to proceed or act Synonyms: see stop •… …
