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Definition of Persisting
1. Adjective. Relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit. "Impossible to escape the dogging fears"
Definition of Persisting
1. a. Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.
Definition of Persisting
1. Verb. (present participle of persist) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Persisting
1. persist [v] - See also: persist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Persisting
Literary usage of Persisting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"[AD 386—398.1 The prudent Stilicho, instead of persisting to force the inclinations
of a prince, and people, who rejected his government, wisely abandoned ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"This persisting fœtal fold, which produced no symptoms, is perhaps what Lane has
called the ... persisting ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"But, General,"—still persisting, the weeping veteran cried, " I'm young enough
to follow, so long as you're my guide ; And some, you know, must bite the ..."
4. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"Spain, still persisting in her extensive claims east of that river and to its
exclusive navigation, appointed, in 1785, Don Diego Gardoqui her Minister, ..."
5. A Complete History of Connecticut, Civil and Ecclesiastical from the by Benjamin Trumbull (1818)
"... persisting in his hostilities against the Indians upon Long-Island, the general
court adopt measures for the defence of the Indians and the English ..."
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