Both Uses of
desist
in
Don Quixote
- The shepherds and drovers accompanying the flock shouted to him to desist; seeing it was no use, they ungirt their slings and began to salute his ears with stones as big as one's fist.†
Chpt 1.17-18 *
- He saw that his squires (for so they call those who follow that trade) were about to rifle Sancho Panza, but he ordered them to desist and was at once obeyed, so the girdle escaped.†
Chpt 2.59-50
Definition:
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(desist) to not do something