to desist
30
5.6
- verb
- /dɪˈzɪst/
- Formal
:
desistir de
- First, she seeks Nise's compassion by personally asking her to desist from her pursuit of her husband.
- cease and desist
- desist order
He did he he desisted after a certain point, right.
- He did he he desisted after a certain point, right.
- You know, most of them would desist if supported and left to their own devices.
- What governments do, they said to her, cease and desist.
- Say, Simon, we prefer it if you cease and desist saying that you shouldn't eat KFC every day because clearly you can.
- These niggas tried to cease and desist broken play.
- You know, most of them were desist if supported and left of their own devices.
- I wanted to cease and desist them to cease, cease, cease, cease, cease, cease, cease.
Examples
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The manager ordered the team to desist from any further disruptions during the meeting.
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Indeed, the authorities have clearly indicated that they have no intention of desisting from their excessive force in quelling the disturbances.
Academic text (2011) -
You know, most of them would desist if supported and left to their own devices.
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Well, he has no answer for this and so will desist.
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Give them the order to desist!
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Her body cried out for rest, but he would not desist, not even on the second or third day.
Fiction book (1994) -
After a moment, he was forced to desist and let the working fade.
Fiction book (1991) -
Write them a polite letter asking that they please desist from persecuting people on purely religious grounds.
Blog text (1) -
As an SS supplier, you have a moral obligation to desist from black market dealings.
Fiction book (1993) -
Top officials from the SPI voiced similar concerns and urged O Cruzeiro to desist from publication.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
668
1.0
To stop doing a habit or activity like smoking
324
3.6
To stop or come to an end
206
2.4
To stop moving or make something stop moving
102
3.4
Stop doing something that annoys someone
58
4.2
To stop something that is happening or being given
18
5.0
To choose not to take something, often for health or religious reasons
Antonyms
Compounds
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
desist = de + sist
Although the word historically contains de- and the root sist, modern learners generally cannot infer the meaning from these parts because this is not productive transparent English morphology.
Etymology
The word desist comes from Latin parts de- ('away') and sistere ('to stand'), so it originally meant 'stand away' from something. So to desist today is to stop doing something, often something you should not do.