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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Desist \De*sist"\ (?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Desisted}; p.
pr & vb n. {Desisting}.] [L. desistere; de- + sistere to
stand stop, fr stare to stand: cf F. d['e]sister. See
{Stand}.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
desist
v : choose to refrain; "i abstain from alcohol" [syn: {abstain},
{refrain}] [ant: {consume}]
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