desert (v. tr.) Copy link Outline 1. dēsĕro, sĕrui, sertum, 32. rĕlinquo, dērĕlinquo, linquo3. dīmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (of things or places) • desert (v. tr.): 1. dēsĕro, sĕrui, sertum, 3: my friends d.'d me, amici deseruerunt me, Cic.: to d. the army, exercitum d., Caes.: v. foll. art. Join: deserere ac derelinquere, Cic. 2. rĕlinquo, dērĕlinquo, linquo: v. to forsake, abandon. 3. dīmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (of things or places): they had d.'d several towns, complura oppida dimiserant, Hirt.