Defn: The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] Boyle.
If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance
. . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H.
Spencer.
DESISTIVE
De*sist"ive, a. Etym: [See Desist.]
Defn: Final; conclusive; ending. [R.]
DESITION
De*si"tion, n. Etym: [See Desinent.]
Defn: An end or ending. [R.]
DESITIVE
Des"i*tive, a.
Defn: Final; serving to complete; conclusive. [Obs.] "Desitive propositions." I. Watts.
DESITIVE
Des"i*tive, n. (Logic)
Defn: A proposition relating to or expressing an end or conclusion.
[Obs.] I. Watts.
DESK Desk, n. Etym: [OE. deske, the same word as dish, disk. See Dish, and cf. Disk.]