sist

sist is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.

[2] To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court. [Scot.] Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle. Sir W. Hamilton.

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