desist en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɪˈzɪst/
- /dɪˈsɪst/
- dĭ-zĭst′
- dĭ-sĭst′
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French desister, from Latin dēsistō, from dē- + sistō (whence de-).
Meanings
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(ambitransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
Please desist from telephoning me at this number.
After hearing[,] an order was entered requiring respondent to cease and desist the practice complained of under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission act.
1921, Annual Report of the Federal Trade Commission, page 173:Desist the kind of thinking that gets you into trouble. Thinking is in itself fine, but grabbing onto thoughts and images of your self will bring you suffering. Once you learn how to desist, how to let go of your ego-grasping mind, then cease thinking ...
2005, Gerry Shishin Wick, The Book of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Zen Koans, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 307:One Ear was uttering quick, eager whines, lunging at the length of his stick toward the darkness, and desisting now and again in order to make frantic attacks on the stick with his teeth.
1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter I, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1 (The Wild):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| desisting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| desists | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| desisted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| desisted | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Antonyms
continue · persevere · persist · proceed
Deriveds
desistor · undesisting · desistance · desistive
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
turn off · quit · switch off · call it a night · pull up stumps · deactivate · draw stumps · call it a day · call it quits · stop short · arrest · shut off · surrender · stem the tide · power down · stop talking
Relateds
hang fire · delay · intermit · avast · cease and desist · wait · interpel · pause
Synonyms
discontinue · belay · stanch · cheese it · blin · staunch · cease · forbear · stop · desist · break off · halt · stay · surcease · absist · have done with · leave off · rest · let up · terminate · cess · come to an end · give up · hold
Translations (41)
la dēsistō (to cease to proceed or act) · tr vazgeçmek (to cease to proceed or act) · sk zdržať sa (to cease to proceed or act) · vi thôi (to cease to proceed or act) · ja 止める (to cease to proceed or act) · uk переставати (to cease to proceed or act) · cs ustat (v čem) (to cease to proceed or act) · uk утримуватися (to cease to proceed or act) · vi nghỉ (to cease to proceed or act) · hu eláll (to cease to proceed or act) · it desistere (to cease to proceed or act) · mi whakamutu (to cease to proceed or act) · hu felhagy (to cease to proceed or act) · ru воздержа́ться (to cease to proceed or act) · de aufhören (to cease to proceed or act) · mi kāti (to cease to proceed or act) · sk upustiť (to cease to proceed or act) · pt desistir (to cease to proceed or act) · cmn 終止 /终止 (to cease to proceed or act) · mi whakakāti (to cease to proceed or act) · nl ophouden (to cease to proceed or act) · cs upustit (od čeho) (to cease to proceed or act) · bg спирам (to cease to proceed or act) · cmn 停止 (to cease to proceed or act) · ru прекраща́ть (to cease to proceed or act) · vi bỏ (to cease to proceed or act) · ca desistir (to cease to proceed or act) · bg въздържам се (to cease to proceed or act) · uk припиняти (to cease to proceed or act) · ru прекрати́ть (to cease to proceed or act) · fi lakata (to cease to proceed or act) · vi ngừng (to cease to proceed or act) · es desistir [de] (to cease to proceed or act) · fi lopettaa (to cease to proceed or act) · sk prestať (to cease to proceed or act) · cs přestat (s čím) (to cease to proceed or act) · ru возде́рживаться (to cease to proceed or act) · sv avstå (to cease to proceed or act) · nan-hbl 停止 (to cease to proceed or act) · pl zaprzestać (to cease to proceed or act) · vi chừa (to cease to proceed or act)