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List of antonyms from "desert" to antonyms from "desist"


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Definition of the day : « desist »

  • 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