persistiveadj.

Brit.

/pəˈsɪstɪv/, U.S.

/pərˈsɪstɪv/

Forms: see persist v. and -ive suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: persist v., -ive suffix.

Etymology: < persist v. + -ive suffix. Compare earlier persisting adj.

Characterized by persistence, persistent; tending to persist. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective]

unwearyc893

unwearieda1240

perseverant1340

continuing1393

persevering?a1425

importunate1477

infatigable?1510

unfatigablec1550

persisting1552

unweariable1561

holdfast1567

indefatigable1586

patient1590

faintless1593

untired1597

untired1600

assidual1605

unrelenting1606

persistive1609

unwearyinga1614

hard1615

indefesse1621

constant1639

assiduous1660

dogged1700

unremitting1730

inexhaustible1762

unremitted1774

untiring1823

persistent1830

sleuth1864

tug-like1890

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 20 The protractiue tryals of great Ioue, To finde persistiue constancie in men.

1757 J. Home Douglas ii For chance and fate are words: Persistive wisdom is the fate of man.

1896 Q. Rev. Oct. 354 The King's plan was of no effect against his persistive constancy.

1947 S. H. Bartley et al. Fatique & Impairment in Man xvii. 375 The two main reaction types are the ‘need-persistive’ and the ‘ego-defensive’. The former refers to the continued tendency to fulfill the need and restore equilibrium.

1964 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 18 July 3/8 The identification of a host would go a long way toward explaining the persistive nature of rabies.

Compounds

persistive vegetative state n. Medicine (chiefly U.S.) rare = persistent vegetative state n. at persistent adj. 1f.

ΚΠ

1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Disp. (Nexis) 21 Jan. 2 b A recent proposal..would allow family members to remove food and water from ‘permanently unconscious’ patients in a persistive vegetative state.

2001 National Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 Sept. b8 When deciding whether life-support patients are in a ‘persistive vegetative state’ for the purposes of living wills..Alabama courts must apply the higher ‘clear and convincing’ evidentiary standard.

Derivatives

perˈsistively adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adverb]

blevindeliche1340

perseverantly1340

assiduallya1400

unwearily1434

importunately1483

assiduately1490

importunably?1504

importunely?1504

industriously1572

indefatigably1586

perseveringly1611

unweariably1612

infatigably1652

unweariedly1653

tenaciouslya1667

persistingly1748

doggedly1791

dogfully1827

unwearyingly1835

persistively1847

persistently1852

untiredly1855

unflaggingly1858

untiringly1862

unsleepingly1877

1847 J. Sheppard Life J. Foster II. 500 These evils ought to be boldly and persistively exposed.

1868 Ladies' Repository June 453/2 These diabolisms appropriate only for investing as punishments lives of super-eminent sensuality, but investing persistively these lives of super-eminent etherealness!

perˈsistiveness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun]

beleaving1340

continuationc1374

improbityc1380

perseveringc1380

perseverancec1384

continuancec1405

perseverationa1500

patience1517

constancea1533

importunity1533

persistence1546

persisting1576

going-on1578

persistency1600

constancy1623

stickle1652

rubbing shift1675

doggedness1824

stick-to-itiveness1859

persistiveness1864

holdfastness1869

continuativeness1881

stick-to-itness1881

1864 A. Leighton Myst. Legends Edinb. 238 Persistiveness draws, as it were, a power from the wearing out of resistiveness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	persistive
释义	persistiveadj. Brit. /pəˈsɪstɪv/, U.S. /pərˈsɪstɪv/ Forms: see persist v. and -ive suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: persist v., -ive suffix. Etymology: < persist v. + -ive suffix. Compare earlier persisting adj. Characterized by persistence, persistent; tending to persist. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective] unwearyc893 unwearieda1240 perseverant1340 continuing1393 persevering?a1425 importunate1477 infatigable?1510 unfatigablec1550 persisting1552 unweariable1561 holdfast1567 indefatigable1586 patient1590 faintless1593 untired1597 untired1600 assidual1605 unrelenting1606 persistive1609 unwearyinga1614 hard1615 indefesse1621 constant1639 assiduous1660 dogged1700 unremitting1730 inexhaustible1762 unremitted1774 untiring1823 persistent1830 sleuth1864 tug-like1890 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 20 The protractiue tryals of great Ioue, To finde persistiue constancie in men. View more context for this quotation 1757 J. Home Douglas ii For chance and fate are words: Persistive wisdom is the fate of man. 1896 Q. Rev. Oct. 354 The King's plan was of no effect against his persistive constancy. 1947 S. H. Bartley et al. Fatique & Impairment in Man xvii. 375 The two main reaction types are the ‘need-persistive’ and the ‘ego-defensive’. The former refers to the continued tendency to fulfill the need and restore equilibrium. 1964 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 18 July 3/8 The identification of a host would go a long way toward explaining the persistive nature of rabies. Compounds persistive vegetative state n. Medicine (chiefly U.S.) rare = persistent vegetative state n. at persistent adj. 1f. ΚΠ 1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Disp. (Nexis) 21 Jan. 2 b A recent proposal..would allow family members to remove food and water from ‘permanently unconscious’ patients in a persistive vegetative state. 2001 National Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 24 Sept. b8 When deciding whether life-support patients are in a ‘persistive vegetative state’ for the purposes of living wills..Alabama courts must apply the higher ‘clear and convincing’ evidentiary standard. Derivatives perˈsistively adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adverb] blevindeliche1340 perseverantly1340 assiduallya1400 unwearily1434 importunately1483 assiduately1490 importunably?1504 importunely?1504 industriously1572 indefatigably1586 perseveringly1611 unweariably1612 infatigably1652 unweariedly1653 tenaciouslya1667 persistingly1748 doggedly1791 dogfully1827 unwearyingly1835 persistively1847 persistently1852 untiredly1855 unflaggingly1858 untiringly1862 unsleepingly1877 1847 J. Sheppard Life J. Foster II. 500 These evils ought to be boldly and persistively exposed. 1868 Ladies' Repository June 453/2 These diabolisms appropriate only for investing as punishments lives of super-eminent sensuality, but investing persistively these lives of super-eminent etherealness! perˈsistiveness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun] beleaving1340 continuationc1374 improbityc1380 perseveringc1380 perseverancec1384 continuancec1405 perseverationa1500 patience1517 constancea1533 importunity1533 persistence1546 persisting1576 going-on1578 persistency1600 constancy1623 stickle1652 rubbing shift1675 doggedness1824 stick-to-itiveness1859 persistiveness1864 holdfastness1869 continuativeness1881 stick-to-itness1881 1864 A. Leighton Myst. Legends Edinb. 238 Persistiveness draws, as it were, a power from the wearing out of resistiveness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1609
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