desist
verb [intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they desist | |
he / she / it desists | |
past simple desisted | |
past participle desisted | |
-ing form desisting |
- desist (from something/from doing something)
to stop doing something see also cease-and-desist停止;结束 Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French desister, from Latin desistere, from de- ‘down from’ + sistere ‘to stop’ (reduplication of stare ‘to stand’).