'Persist' definitions:
Definition of 'persist'
(from WordNet)
verb
Continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" [syn: prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure]
verb
Be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" [syn: persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on]
verb
Definition of 'Persist'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- If they persist in pointing their batteries against particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making reprisals. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Some positive, persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- That face persists. It floats up; it turns over in my mind. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Persevere, and Insist. [1913 Webster] Persistence
Synonyms of 'persist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abide,
- adhere,
- agglomerate,
- assert,
- be spared,
- bide,
- bottle up,
- brook no denial,
- bunch,
- carry on,
- carry through,
- cheat death,
- clasp,
- cleave,
- clinch,
- cling,
- cling to,
- clot,
- cluster,
- coagulate,
- cohere,
- congeal,
- conglomerate,
- contend,
- continue,
- continue the same,
- continue to be,
- continue to exist,
- cork up,
- defeat time,
- defy time,
- drag along,
- drag on,
- drone,
- dwell,
- embrace,
- endure,
- exist,
- extend,
- freeze to,
- get along,
- get on,
- go on,
- go on with,
- grasp,
- grow together,
- hang in,
- hang on,
- hang together,
- hang tough,
- hold,
- hold in,
- hold on,
- hold out,
- hold together,
- hug,
- hum,
- inhibit,
- insist,
- insist on,
- insist upon,
- keep,
- keep alive,
- keep at,
- keep at it,
- keep driving,
- keep going,
- keep in,
- keep on,
- keep trying,
- keep up,
- labor,
- last,
- last long,
- last out,
- linger,
- live,
- live on,
- live through,
- lock in,
- maintain,
- make out,
- manage,
- mass,
- never say die,
- not accept compromise,
- obtain,
- perdure,
- perennate,
- persevere,
- preserve,
- press,
- prevail,
- remain,
- repress,
- retain,
- run,
- run on,
- run through,
- save,
- save up,
- see it through,
- set,
- solidify,
- stand,
- stand fast,
- stand firm,
- stand on,
- stay,
- stay on,
- stay put,
- stick,
- stick it out,
- stick to,
- stick to it,
- stick together,
- strive,
- subsist,
- support life,
- suppress,
- survive,
- sustain,
- take hold of,
- take no denial,
- tarry,
- tide over,
- toil,
- urge,
- wear,
- wear well