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Definition of "desisted" [desisted]

  • Simple past tense and past participle of desist. (verb)

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Use "desisted" in a sentence
  • "Again he desisted from the egg, studying them with sharp eyes as if to fathom their financial status."
  • "The eager Confederates drove them with horrid carnage a mile across the plain, and only desisted from the pursuit when they came under the fire of the Federal batteries across the river."
  • "It appears that it was not until several shots had actually struck her that the Star of the West desisted from the attempt to convey reinforcements to Fort Sumter."
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