Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-SIST'
DE-SIST', v.i. [L. desisto; de and sisto, to stand.]
To stop; to cease to act or proceed; to forbear; with from; as he desisted from his purpose; let us desist.
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DE-SIST', v.i. [L. desisto; de and sisto, to stand.]
To stop; to cease to act or proceed; to forbear; with from; as he desisted from his purpose; let us desist.
Return to page 75 of the letter “D”.