Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to desist
Participle: desisted
Gerund: desisting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | desist |
| you | desist |
| he;she;it | desists |
| we | desist |
| you | desist |
| they | desist |
Perfect
| I | have desisted |
| you | have desisted |
| he;she;it | has desisted |
| we | have desisted |
| you | have desisted |
| they | have desisted |
Past
| I | desisted |
| you | desisted |
| he;she;it | desisted |
| we | desisted |
| you | desisted |
| they | desisted |
Pluperfect
| I | had desisted |
| you | had desisted |
| he;she;it | had desisted |
| we | had desisted |
| you | had desisted |
| they | had desisted |
Future
| I | will desist |
| you | will desist |
| he;she;it | will desist |
| we | will desist |
| you | will desist |
| they | will desist |
Future Perfect
| I | will have desisted |
| you | will have desisted |
| he;she;it | will have desisted |
| we | will have desisted |
| you | will have desisted |
| they | will have desisted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | desist |
| you | desist |
| he;she;it | desist |
| we | desist |
| you | desist |
| they | desist |
Perfect
| I | have desisted |
| you | have desisted |
| he;she;it | have desisted |
| we | have desisted |
| you | have desisted |
| they | have desisted |
Imperfect
| I | desisted |
| you | desisted |
| he;she;it | desisted |
| we | desisted |
| you | desisted |
| they | desisted |
Pluperfect
| I | had desisted |
| you | had desisted |
| he;she;it | had desisted |
| we | had desisted |
| you | had desisted |
| they | had desisted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would desist |
| you | would desist |
| he;she;it | would desist |
| we | would desist |
| you | would desist |
| they | would desist |
Perfect
| I | would have desisted |
| you | would have desisted |
| he;she;it | would have desisted |
| we | would have desisted |
| you | would have desisted |
| they | would have desisted |
Imperative
| you | desist |
| we | Let's desist |
| you | desist |
Verbs conjugated like 'desist'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'desist'
delist,
demist,
desilt,
resist,
absist,
assist,
bemist,
besit,
debit,
decyst,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- restrain oneself
- hold
- come to an end
- stay, end
- to not continue
- stop
- to stop doing
- cease
- to stop or slow a process
- arrest
- to cause to discontinue
- halt
- to cease
- blin, stop
- to cease to proceed or act
- absist, belay, blin, break off, cease, cess, cheese it, come to an end, discontinue, forbear, halt, have done with, hold, leave off, let up, rest, stanch, staunch, stay, stop, surcease, terminate
- stop
- discontinue, cease, renounce, halt
Antonyms
- to persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking
- cease, give up, quit, stop, surrender, persevere, yield
- to cease to proceed or act
- continue, persevere, persist, proceed
- to pass from one point, topic, or stage, to another
- end, stop, proceed
- stop
- start, initiate, open, proceed
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French desister, from Latin dēsistō, from dē- + sistō (whence de-). See: Middle French '
desister', Latin '
dēsistō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] from her at first, as other slight circumstances did twice or thrice during my visit, an uncouth noise which was rather painful to hear. But of her teacher touching her lips, she immediately desisted, and embraced her laughingly and affectionately.
(American Notes for General Circulation)