Both Uses
desist
in
War and Peace
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- "Lise, I beg you to desist," said Prince Andrew still more emphatically.†
Chpt 1 *
- Natasha only desisted when she had been told that there would be pineapple ice.
Chpt 1desisted = stopped
Definitions:
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(1)
(desist) to not do something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)