the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > make obstinate or stubborn [verb (transitive)] > be obstinately attached to (an opinion, etc.) (3)
transitive. To unite as in marriage. To attach (a person, his thoughts, etc.) indissolubly by affection to something. Chiefly in passive, to be…
intransitive. Of a person: to refuse to renounce or abandon (a decision, opinion, etc.); to abide by, to stick to. Obsolete.
transitive. To maintain or persist obstinately in (an opinion, a course of action, etc.).