sist (third-person singular simple present sists, present participle sisting, simple past and past participle sisted)
(legal, Scotland) To stay (e.g. judicial proceedings); to delay or suspend; to stop
(legal, Scotland) to cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court
sist (plural sists)
(legal, Scotland) a stay or suspension of proceedings
• SITs, Sits, ists, sits
Source: Wiktionary
Sist, v. t. Etym: [L. sistere to bring to a stand, to stop.]
1. (Scots Law)
Definition: To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.
2. To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court. [Scot.] Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle. Sir W. Hamilton.
Sist, n. (Scots Law)
Definition: A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. Burril.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 April 2025
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
