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Sisted vs Silted - What's the difference?

sisted | silted |

As verbs the difference between sisted and silted

is that sisted is (sist) while silted is (silt).

sisted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sist)

  • sist

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • ; to delay or suspend; to stop
  • to cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
  • Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a stay or suspension of proceedings
  • (Burrill)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    silted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (silt)
  • Anagrams

    * * * * *

    silt

    English

    Noun

  • Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
  • Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
  • (geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  • See also

    * alluvium * varve

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To clog or fill with silt.
  • To become clogged with silt.
  • To flow through crevices; to percolate.
  • Derived terms

    * silt up

    Anagrams

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