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desist
(encz) | desist,ustat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Desist
(gcide) | Desist \De*sist"\ (?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Desisted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Desisting.] [L. desistere; de- + sistere to
stand, stop, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. d['e]sister. See
Stand.]
To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often
with from.
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Never desisting to do evil. --E. Hall.
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To desist from his bad practice. --Massinger.
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Desist (thou art discern'd,
And toil'st in vain). --Milton.
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desist
(wn) | desist
v 1: choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" [syn:
abstain, refrain, desist] [ant: consume, have,
ingest, take, take in] |
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cease and desist order
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geodesist
(encz) | geodesist,geodet n: Zdeněk Brož |
Desist
(gcide) | Desist \De*sist"\ (?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Desisted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Desisting.] [L. desistere; de- + sistere to
stand, stop, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. d['e]sister. See
Stand.]
To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often
with from.
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Never desisting to do evil. --E. Hall.
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To desist from his bad practice. --Massinger.
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Desist (thou art discern'd,
And toil'st in vain). --Milton.
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Desistance
(gcide) | Desistance \De*sist"ance\, n. [Cf. F. desistance.]
The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] --Boyle.
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If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed
by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom
out of working order. --H. Spencer.
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Desisted
(gcide) | Desist \De*sist"\ (?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Desisted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Desisting.] [L. desistere; de- + sistere to
stand, stop, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. d['e]sister. See
Stand.]
To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often
with from.
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Never desisting to do evil. --E. Hall.
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To desist from his bad practice. --Massinger.
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Desist (thou art discern'd,
And toil'st in vain). --Milton.
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Desisting
(gcide) | Desist \De*sist"\ (?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Desisted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Desisting.] [L. desistere; de- + sistere to
stand, stop, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. d['e]sister. See
Stand.]
To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often
with from.
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Never desisting to do evil. --E. Hall.
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To desist from his bad practice. --Massinger.
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Desist (thou art discern'd,
And toil'st in vain). --Milton.
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Desistive
(gcide) | Desistive \De*sist"ive\, a. [See Desist.]
Final; conclusive; ending. [R.]
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Geodesist
(gcide) | Geodesist \Ge*od"e*sist\, n.
One versed in geodesy.
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cease and desist order
(wn) | cease and desist order
n 1: (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party
from doing or continuing to do a certain activity;
"injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a
judicial order" [syn: injunction, enjoining,
enjoinment, cease and desist order] |
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