Antonyms for desist

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dih-zist, -sist

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzɪst, -ˈsɪst

Definition of desist

Origin : mid-15c., from Middle French désister (mid-14c.), from Latin desistere "to stand aside, leave off, cease," from de- "off" (see de-) + sistere "stop, come to a stand" (see assist). Related: Desisted; desisting.

verb stop, refrain from

Example sentences :

This time he did not desist until he had broken through the panel.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

She stood on a balcony above, and called upon the people to desist, and hear her.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

Then in English he had summoned his countrymen also to desist.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

Stephen was even the more provoked because Benjamin cried to him to desist.
Extract from : « The Fairchild Family » by Mary Martha Sherwood

But desist from this, at once; it is a thing that cannot be apprehended (grasped).
Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther

Once, as we were going away, an old man called after us, 'Desist!'
Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad

I had been obliged not only to desist myself, but to save his life from Castro.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Desist from attempting to deceive the learned; you can only deceive the vulgar.
Extract from : « Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) » by Edmond Malone

Lincoln quietly asked the fellow to desist as there were "ladies present."
Extract from : « The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln » by Wayne Whipple

But nevertheless, we will desist from war, if thou desirest it.
Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer

Synonyms for desist

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