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Definition of Persevered
1. persevere [v] - See also: persevere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Persevered
Literary usage of Persevered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"Murphy, however, persevered in his pursuit, and was about bringing out an almanac
for 1848, when he died at his lodgings, 108 Dorset Street, St. Bride's, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... sceptre-(H4) wisest of the Roman governors persevered in this pernicious method
of collecting the principal branches at least of the excise and custom. ..."
3. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"The city of London, indeed, persevered in mipe- England rious expostulation with
the sovereign ; while the king had the magnanimous patience to answer ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"In this he persevered until he developed a narrative style which, for his purpose,
could hardly be surpassed: it is lucid and easy, if somewhat commonplace. ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1822)
"on one occasion, when no whales were seen, persevered westward to a considerable
length, and accidentally fell in with some immense flakes of ice, which, ..."
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