desitive

[Lat. desitus, pa. par. of desi no =to desist, to leave off.] Ending, concluding, final. "Inceptive and desitive propositions are of this sort; the fogs vanish as the sun es." - Watts. děsk, *deske, s . [A. S. desc =a dish (q. v.); Dut. disch ; Ger.tisch ; Sw. & Dan. disk =a table; O. H. Ger. disc , tisc a dish, a platter.] [DISH, DISK.) 1. Lit .: A sloping table, frame, or case for a writer or reader, frequently made with drawers below, and racks for books, ., above; the lid is also often made to lift up, so as to form a lock-up receptaclo for papers, . The term is also applied to a small frame or writing-case to stand on a table. "Deske. Pluteum."- Prompt . Parv. 2. Fig.: Mercantile affairs or occupation; the position of a clerk. "Those who from the miserable servitude of the desk have been raised to empire." Burke: On a Regicide Peace, Lett. 3. desk-knife, s. An eraser.