5 collocations for desists

Good sir, desist The agravation of your sad report; [Weepe.

The moment I received the information I sent for him;and forcing my countenance to a serenity my heart was a stranger to, told him it was only to take a last leave of a person whom I had been so far mistaken in as to think deserving my affection: that I desired to see him once more, but having now seen my error, desired he would desist his visits for the future.

At the request of P. García they desisted upon payment of 20 pesos and the agreement that 100 pesos would be paid later.

There was a work-horse of my own, when even at his corn, would desist eating, and listen attentively, with pricked and moving ears and steady eyes, the instant he heard the note of low G sounded, and would continue to listen as long as it was sustained; and another, that was similarly affected by a particular high note.

But I did not desist from searching every other quarter, no momentary work, for not till near six did I go up by the pumping-shaft rope-ladder.

5 collocations for  desists