Definition of persist

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Persist (v. i.) To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy..

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Deliriant :: Deliriant (n.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna)..
Casehardened :: Casehardened (a.) Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance of good influences; -- said of persons..
Dogged :: Dogged (a.) Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work..
Indeciduous :: Indeciduous (a.) Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial..
Renitent :: Renitent (a.) Persistently opposed.
Superfete :: Superfetation (n.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation..
Doggedness :: Doggedness (n.) Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.
Persistent :: Persistent (a.) Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose..
Importunee :: Importunee (a.) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation..
Poluria :: Poluria (n.) A persistently excessive flow of watery urine, with low specific gravity and without the presence of either albumin or sugar. It is generally accompanied with more or less thirst..
Insistence :: Insistence (n.) The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency..
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.
Persistency :: Persistency (n.) The persistence of motion.
Urge :: Urge (v. i.) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Persevere :: Persevere (v. i.) To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken..
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..
Persisting :: Persisting (a.) Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.
Perseverance :: Perseverance (n.) The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun..
Sinner :: Sinner (n.) One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God..
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