Desist
[dɪ'zɪst;dɪ'sɪst] or [dɪ'zɪst]
Definition
(v. i.) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
Checker: Paulette
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Cease, stop, pause, forbear, stay, leave off, break off, give over.
Typist: Melville
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cease, stop, discontinue, drop, abstain, forbear, leave_off
ANT:Continue, proceed, persist, persevere
Checker: Seymour
Definition
v.i. to stop: to forbear.—ns. Desist′ance -ence a desisting.
Editor: Robert
Examples
- The housekeeper stood wringing her hands, entreating me to desist. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But I will desist. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In case this should be so, or in case you should entertain much thought of me in what you are doing, I most earnestly entreat and beg you to desist. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Desist from thy lecture. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But I shall not desist from voting with him on that account. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- No one else could, probably, resist the pressure that would be brought to bear upon him to desist from his own plans and pursue others. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But his words were of no avail, and only tended to anger Black Michael, so he was forced to desist and make the best he could of a bad situation. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- When he began to undo the chain, the legs desisted, and a voice began. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He looked, but he desisted. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At last she desisted and with a little laugh raised the locket to her lips. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- For a long time I tried to engage him in conversation upon other matters, but he would not talk, and so, at length, I desisted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I desisted that moment, and felt at once as cool as stone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- From this employment she suddenly desisted, and said to Steerforth, much to my confusion: 'Who's your friend? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Guppy therefore desisted from taking something out of his pocket and proceeded without it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Checker: Reginald