persist
verb (used without object)
to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc..
persistive
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a word derived from
persist.
Example Sentences
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Fortitude, that "persistive constancy" that to Shakespeare was the greatest quality of human wills.
From The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul by Bede Jarrett
It stands to reason that the fragile tissues of culture are dislocated, and its delicate edges defaced, by such persistive governmental brutalization as the inhabitants have undergone.
From Old Calabria by Norman Douglas
