Sist vs Sift - What's the difference?
sist | sift |
; 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
To sieve or strain (something).
To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
To examine (something) carefully.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 28.
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As an adverb sist
is least, worst.As a verb sift is
to sieve or strain (something).sist
English
Verb
(en verb)- Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle.
sift
English
Verb
- But if we still carry on our sifting humour, and ask, What is the foundation of all conclusions from experience ? this implies a new question.
- It immediately occurred to him to sift her on the subject of Isabella and Theodore.