Desist is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.
You can make 95 anagrams from letters in desist (deisst).
1425-75; late Middle English Old French desister Latin dēsistere to leave off, equivalent to dē- de- + sistere to stand, place, akin to stāre to s
But desist from this, at once; it is a thing that cannot be apprehended (grasped).
Then there are the cases where the FEC does issue a cease and desist directive—only to be completely ignored.
It is not your duty to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist from it.
He said that when he told her to desist, she threatened to hit herself and then tell the cops that he had done it.
And I wish, for the sake of our country and in the name of decency, both sides would cease and desist.
Stephen was even the more provoked because Benjamin cried to him to desist.
She stood on a balcony above, and called upon the people to desist, and hear her.
This time he did not desist until he had broken through the panel.
I hereby call on all Republicans involved in any voter suppression efforts to cease and desist immediately.
Then in English he had summoned his countrymen also to desist.
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