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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