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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
desist /dɪˈsɪst, dɪˈzɪst/

▶verb (often desist from) stop doing something.

– origin ME: from OFr. desister, from L. desistere, from de- ‘down from’ + sistere ‘to stop’.

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