American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2

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Author: Noah Webster

Persist

PERSIST’, v.i. [L. persisto; per and sisto, to stand or be fixed.]

To continue steadily and firmly in the pursuit of any business or course commenced; to persevere. [Persist is nearly synonymous with persevere; but persist frequently implies more obstinacy than persevere, particularly in that which is evil or injurious to others.]

If they persist in pointing their batteries against particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making reprisals.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Persist," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4KQ2Q9WSQFSAP9N.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Persist." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4KQ2Q9WSQFSAP9N.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Persist' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4KQ2Q9WSQFSAP9N.