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Continuer :: Continuer (n.) One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence.

Pertinacity :: Pertinacity (n.) The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy; perseverance; persistency.

Primordialism :: Primordialism (n.) Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state..

Unwearied :: Unwearied (a.) Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable..

Intensive :: Intensive (a.) Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense.

Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose..

Frequent :: Frequent (n.) Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.

Pump :: Pump (v. t.) Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc..

Persecute :: Persecute (v. t.) To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.

Urge :: Urge (v. i.) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Pertinacious :: Pertinacious (a.) Holding or adhering to any opinion, purpose, or design, with obstinacy; perversely persistent; obstinate; as, pertinacious plotters; a pertinacious beggar..

Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently..

Institution :: Institution (n.) Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain..

Chromatrope :: Chromatrope (n.) An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light (depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of colors) by means of rapidly rotating disks variously colored.

Toxodonta :: Toxodonta (n.pl.) An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.

Dogged :: Dogged (a.) Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work..

Stubby :: Stubborn (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule..

Persistency :: Persistency (n.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc..

Diabetes :: Diabetes (n.) A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal..

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