stop
verb (used with object)
to cease from, leave off, or discontinue.
have stopt
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present perfectof stop.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The greatest banquiers have stopt payment; all would go to our wish, if we could but march instantly.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Mrs. Thomson
Nay, I’m sure they did not pass the Garden door, For if they had, we should have stopt their Journey.
From The Fatal Jealousie (1673) by Willard Thorp
I should as soon have imagined one man could have stopt a cannon-ball in its full force as her tongue.
From The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 by George Saintsbury
Square's triumph would almost have stopt his words, had he needed them; and Thwackum, who, for reasons before-mentioned, durst not venture at disobliging the lady, was almost choaked with indignation.
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
We had no king in our country, or he would have stopt it.
From The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave by Mary Prince
