desister

See also: désister

English

Etymology

desist +‎ -er.

Noun

desister (plural desisters)

  1. A person who desists.

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin desistere, present active infinitive of desistō, assimilated into the first group of verbs (regular -er ending).

Verb

desister

  1. (almost always reflexive, se desister) to stop; to desist
    • 1581, Guill. Roville, Promptuaire des medalles des plus renommees personnes qui ont esté depuis le commencement du monde: avec brieve description de leurs vies & faits, recueillie des bons auteurs, page 73, line 10
      à fin de le faire desister de la guerre
      in order to make him desist from the war

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of desister
simple compound
infinitive desister avoir desisté
gerund en desistant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle desistant
past participle desisté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present desiste desistes desiste desistons desistez desistent
imperfect desistois, desistoys desistois, desistoys desistoit, desistoyt desistions, desistyons desistiez, desistyez desistoient, desistoyent
past historic desista desistas desista desistasmes desistastes desisterent
future desisterai, desisteray desisteras desistera desisterons desisterez desisteront
conditional desisterois, desisteroys desisterois, desisteroys desisteroit, desisteroyt desisterions, desisteryons desisteriez, desisteryez desisteroient, desisteroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present desiste desistes desiste desistons desistez desistent
imperfect desistasse desistasses desistast desistassions desistassiez desistassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— desiste — desistons desistez —

Descendants
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