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adj. - Relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Verb (used without object) : to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities. ,The legend of King Arthur has persisted for nearly...
  • She is the idea of primordial unity, existing in and persisting from the beginning.
  • Nothing to do with why I started, but a reason for persisting, is that blogging has made me much more engaged with the whole internet.
  • This, however, he would by no means allow; and as he called her persisting in the right, obstinacy, he began to hate her with no small inveteracy.
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