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Definition of desist verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

desist

verb

NAmE//dɪˈzɪst//

, NAmE//dɪˈsɪst//

[intransitive] desist (from something/from doing something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they desist

he / she / it desists

past simple desisted

-ing form desisting

to stop doing something They agreed to desist from the bombing campaign.

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cease and desist (law)

used in official orders to tell someone to stop doing something

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