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Definition of Desisting
1. desist [v] - See also: desist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desisting
Literary usage of Desisting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Five Great Skeptical Dramas of History by John Owen (1896)
"Recognising the probability of his rivals now desisting from their pursuit of
Justina, he determines to prosecute his own suit with additional ardour. ..."
2. An Essay on the Uterine Haemorrhage which Precedes the Delivery of the Full by Edward Rigby (1822)
"... in which, after making many ineffectual attempts to dilate the Os Uteri, and
introduce the hand, he was under the necessity of desisting entirely, ..."
3. Personal Narrative of Travels in Babylonia, Assyria, Media, and Scythia, in by Earl of George Thomas Keppel Albemarle (1827)
"... Irritability—Vexatious Delays—My Servant a Catcher of Tartars—His desisting
from Sleep. AT the distance of every eight or ten miles, detachments of ..."
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