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desister (c.1230)

desister (c.1230)

desistier  
  FEW:  desistere 3,54a Gdf: GdfC:  desister 9,342b TL: desister 2,1619 DEAF:  desister  DMF:  désister  TLF:  désister  OED:  desist v.  MED:  desisten v.  DMLBS:  desistere 630c

v.intrans.

to desist, leave off
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Lur feu n’estaint, verm ne desist  Pet Phil 2072
( 1361 )  requiert le roi d'Engleterre que [...] le roi de France sursesse et se desporte de user juridiccion [...] et q’il veulle desistier de resceivere, oyr qerils et apeulx des ditz subgiz  Bretigny 12.16
( 1377 )  les prelatz [...] sont maliciousement compulsez a desister & cesser outrément es choses desusdites  Stats ii 5 xiii
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