Both Uses
desist
in
The Phantom of the Opera
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- I am mistress of my own actions, M. de Chagny: you have no right to control them, and I will beg you to desist henceforth.†
Chpt 10 *
- My hand desisted from its work.†
Chpt 24desisted = stopped
Definitions:
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(1)
(desist) to not do something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)