SISTED

Verb

sisted

simple past tense and past participle of sist

Anagrams

• Deists, deists, desist

Source: Wiktionary


SIST

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



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