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Obstinate :: Obstinate (a.) Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness..

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

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

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

Trachystomata :: Trachystomata (n. pl.) An order of tailed aquatic amphibians, including Siren and Pseudobranchus. They have anterior legs only, are eel-like in form, and have no teeth except a small patch on the palate. The external gills are persistent through life..

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

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

Persistive :: Persistive (a.) See Persistent.

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

Haunt :: Haunt (v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.

Persisting :: Persisting (a.) Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.

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

Continue :: Continue (v. t.) To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.

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

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..

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..

Insist :: Insist (v. i.) To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money..

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

Soliitation :: Soliitation (n.) The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.

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..

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