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| de·sist [ di síst, di zíst ] (past and past participle de·sist·ed, present participle de·sist·ing, 3rd person present singular de·sists) |
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cease something: to stop doing something
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| [15th century. Via French< Latin desistere< sistere "bring to a standstill" < stare "stand"] |
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  de·sis·tance noun |
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