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desistde‧sist /dɪˈzɪst, dɪˈsɪst/ verb [intransitive] formal desistOrigin: 1400-1500 Old French desister, from Latin sistere ‘to stand, stop’ VERB TABLEdesist |
Present | I, you, we, they | desist | | he, she, it | desists | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | desisted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have desisted | | he, she, it | has desisted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had desisted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will desist | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have desisted |
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Present | I | am desisting | | he, she, it | is desisting | | you, we, they | are desisting | Past | I, he, she, it | was desisting | | you, we, they | were desisting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been desisting | | he, she, it | has been desisting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been desisting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be desisting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been desisting |
- Blaine would not desist in her insistence.
- But they differ from normal girls in the extent to which they pursue these activities and their inability to desist from them.
- Guidelines have been issued to them on the point at which they must desist from the chase because of danger to the public.
- However, the professor was able to convince them to desist by arguing that they lacked sufficient grounds for their demand.
- It would be wise to desist from this activity forthwith.
- One person might consider it his moral duty to fight and another to desist from fighting.
- Perhaps the presence of her young mistress made her desist from talk.
► cease and desist- He commanded all law violators to cease and desist.
to stop doing something: We hope that the military regime will desist from its acts of violence. → cease and desist at cease1(2) |