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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Urge :: Urge (v. i.) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Indefatigably :: Indefatigably (adv.) Without weariness; without yielding to fatigue; persistently.
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..
Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently..
Persistent :: Persistent (a.) Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
Amphiuma :: Amphiuma (n.) A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake..
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..
Casehardened :: Casehardened (a.) Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance of good influences; -- said of persons..
Indefatigableness :: Indefatigableness (n.) Indefatigable quality; unweariedness; persistency.
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..
Frequent :: Frequent (n.) Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
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.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc..
Indeciduous :: Indeciduous (a.) Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial..
Persevering :: Persevering (a.) Characterized by perseverance; persistent.
Haunt :: Haunt (v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.
Intensive :: Intensive (a.) Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous; intense.
Assiduous :: Assiduous (a.) Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor..
Insisture :: Insisture (n.) A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.
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..
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