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desist

de·sist [ di síst, di zíst ] (past and past participle de·sist·ed, present participle de·sist·ing, 3rd person present singular de·sists)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
cease something: to stop doing something

[15th century. Via French< Latin desistere< sistere "bring to a standstill" < stare "stand"]

de·sis·tance noun
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