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persisting
(encz) | persisting,přetrvávající adj: Nijel |
Persisting
(gcide) | Persist \Per*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Persisted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Persisting.] [L. persistere; per + sistere to stand
or be fixed, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. persister. See
Per-, and Stand.]
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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If they persist in pointing their batteries against
particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making
reprisals. --Addison.
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Some positive, persisting fops we know,
Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so. --Pope.
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That face persists.
It floats up; it turns over in my mind. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Syn: See Persevere, and Insist.
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Persisting
(gcide) | Persisting \Per*sist"ing\, a.
Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. --
Per*sist"ing*ly, adv.
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persisting
(wn) | persisting
adj 1: relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in
pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears" [syn:
dogging, persisting] |
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Persisting
(gcide) | Persist \Per*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Persisted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Persisting.] [L. persistere; per + sistere to stand
or be fixed, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. persister. See
Per-, and Stand.]
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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If they persist in pointing their batteries against
particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making
reprisals. --Addison.
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Some positive, persisting fops we know,
Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so. --Pope.
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That face persists.
It floats up; it turns over in my mind. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Syn: See Persevere, and Insist.
[1913 Webster] PersistencePersisting \Per*sist"ing\, a.
Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. --
Per*sist"ing*ly, adv.
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Persistingly
(gcide) | Persisting \Per*sist"ing\, a.
Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. --
Per*sist"ing*ly, adv.
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