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Definition
to not do something
- She held her hand interposed between the furnace-heat and her eyes, and seemed absorbed in her occupation; desisting from it only to chide the servant for covering her with sparks, or to push away a dog, now and then, that snoozled its nose overforwardly into her face.Chapter 3 (85% in)
desisting = stopping
- He exerted preterhuman self-denial in abstaining from finishing him completely; but getting out of breath, he finally desisted, and dragged the apparently inanimate body on to the settle.Chapter 17 (46% in)
There are no more uses of "desist" in Wuthering Heights.
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