We found 29 dictionaries that define the word desist:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

1. desist: Merriam-Webster.com
2. desist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
3. desist: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
4. desist: Collins English Dictionary
5. desist: Vocabulary.com
6. Desist, desist: Wordnik
7. desist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
8. desist: Wiktionary
9. desist: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
10. desist: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
11. desist: Infoplease Dictionary
12. Desist, desist: Dictionary.com
13. desist: Online Etymology Dictionary
14. desist: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
15. Desist: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
16. desist: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
17. desist: Rhymezone
18. desist: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
19. desist: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
20. desist: Free Dictionary
21. desist: Mnemonic Dictionary
22. desist: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
23. desist: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)

24. desist: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

25. desist: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

26. desist: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

27. desist: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary ( ) ▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from). Similar: refrain, abstain, cease and desist, leave off, rest, cease, stop, spare, give out, give up, more... Opposite: persist, continue, persevere Types: cease and desist, cease, desist and refrain, cease and refrain, more... Phrases: desist from, cease and desist order, cease and desist, cease and desist letter, opposite of desist, more... Adjectives: better, and, last, cease, great, present, dreadful, future, bloody, oppressor, irish ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to desist ▸ Usage examples for desist ▸ Idioms related to desist ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Words that often appear near desist ▸ Rhymes of desist ▸ Invented words related to desist