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† obstiˈnation Obs.
Also 4–5 -cioun.
[a. F. obstination (13th c. in Littré), ad. L. obstinātiōn-em determination, resolution, n. of action f. obstināre: see obstinate a.]
= obstinacy.
a1340Hampole Psalter xiii. 5, And sithen þaim graues in obstynacioun. c1440Jacob's Well 294 Obstynacyoun in euyl doyng. 1549Compl. Scot. xvi. 139 Al the insurrectionis..hes procedit of the ignorance & obstinatione of the comount pepil. 1680Hickes Spir. Popery 42 The incurable obstination of the Presbyterian Party in Schism against the Episcopal Church. a1711Ken Anodynes Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 401 Yet still with Obstination I, To win the Battle restless try. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. x. 273 The obstination of the human mind in adhering to the worse, even when the better is presented to its choice. |