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▪ I. perˈsisting, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. persist; persistence.
a1694Tillotson Serm., John iii. 19 Wks. 1717 II. 602 Another usual concomitant of Infidelity, is..pertinacious persisting in Error. 1800Asiat. Ann. Reg., Misc. Tracts 22/1 Convinced that his persisting was to little purpose.
▪ II. perˈsisting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That persists, persistent; spec. = persistent 3.
1552Huloet, Persistyng, constans, manens. 1626Bacon Sylva §902 It may make him..more confident and persisting then otherwise he would be. 1774Curtis Flora Lond. i. (1777) 12 Pimpernel..Calyx persisting. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 484 Columns separated by the persisting collagenous tissue.
Hence perˈsistingly adv., persistently.
1854Tait's Mag. XXI. 451 He..pursues persistingly an idea. 1885L. Wingfield Barbara Philpot III. iv. 92 That the interesting schemer should so persistingly cling to a Cause that was hopeless. |