Persisting

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    persistence

    "Still, in the very fullest blaze of gospel light, while we see that both Christ and His work are most ungratefully and flagrantly dishonoured, by our persistings in the attempt to do for ourselves what He has told us we cannot do, […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of persist form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit wordnet

Synonyms

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abidingagedancientantiqueassiduouschronic

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"Once more / a limber sapling from the soil I tore; / once more, persisting, I resolved in mind / with inmost search the causes to explore / and probe the mystery that lurked behind; / dark drops of blood once more come trickling from the rind."

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