to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
Origin: 1425–75;late Middle English < Old Frenchdesister < Latindēsistere to leave off, equivalent to dē-de- + sistere to stand, place, akin to stāre to stand
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.