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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Persist(0.01040 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Persist.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: persist
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: persist
persist
v 1: continue to exist; “These stories die hard”; “The legend of
Elvis endures” [syn: prevail, die hard, run, endure]
2: be persistent, refuse to stop; “he persisted to call me
every night”; “The child persisted and kept asking
questions” [syn: persevere, hang in, hang on, hold on
]
3: stay behind; “The smell stayed in the room”; “The hostility
remained long after they made up” [syn: remain, stay]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Persist
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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