desist
pronunciation
How to pronounce desist in British English:
UK [dɪˈzɪst]
How to pronounce desist in American English:
US [dɪˈsɪst, -ˈzɪst]
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- Verb:
- choose no to consume
Word Origin
- desist
- desist: see statue
- desist (v.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. Last year china asked the americans to desist , but was rebuffed .
- 2. The king 's physician often pleaded with him to desist from consuming sugar .
- 3. This will make these conversations so sticky that she will desist .
- 4. U.s. officials say the training exercises are designed to warn north korea 's military to desist from further provocative actions against the south .
- 5. Obama again urged iran to desist from any nuclear weapons ambitions , and said a region that was already unsettled did not need a race for ever more powerful weapons .