DESISTED

Verb

desisted

simple past tense and past participle of desist

Anagrams

• edestids, steddies

Source: Wiktionary


DESIST

De*sist", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Desisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Desisting.] Etym: [L. desistere; de- + sistere to stand, stop, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. désister. See Stand.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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