Definition of persistent

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Persistent (a.) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous..

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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..
Indefatigably :: Indefatigably (adv.) Without weariness; without yielding to fatigue; persistently.
Restant :: Restant (a.) Persistent.
Insinuate :: Insinuate (v. t.) To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement..
Insistent :: Insistent (a.) Insisting; persistent; persevering.
Indeciduous :: Indeciduous (a.) Not deciduous or falling, as the leaves of trees in autumn; lasting; evergreen; persistent; permanent; perennial..
Persistency :: Persistency (n.) The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy..
Persistent :: Persistent (a.) Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
Persisting :: Persisting (a.) Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.
Persistive :: Persistive (a.) See Persistent.
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..
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..
Assiduous :: Assiduous (a.) Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor..
Dogged :: Dogged (a.) Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work..
Opinlate :: Opinlate (v. t.) To hold or maintain persistently.
Nagging :: Nagging (a.) Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache..
Tetanus :: Tetanus (n.) A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles. When the muscles of the lower jaw are affected, it is called locked-jaw, or lickjaw, and it takes various names from the various incurvations of the body resulting from the spasm..
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..
Burr :: Burr (n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs..
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..
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