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Definition of Desisted
1. desist [v] - See also: desist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desisted
Literary usage of Desisted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"From considerations of delicacy, Cavo desisted from the work after his order had
been expelled from Mexico. He has preserved and co-ordinated a large number ..."
2. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... in being beholden to him above my possibility of requital for perusing so many
records, I desisted from so difficult a design. * i parte rotulo 29, ..."
3. Herodotus by Herodotus (1812)
"When he had desisted from his attempt to join by a canal the Nile with the Arabian
Gulph, he dispatched some vessels 5°, under the conduct of Phoenicians, ..."
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