persist

Definition

To go on stubbornly or resolutely.

Etymology

From Middle French persister (Modern French persister), from Latin persistere, from per- + sistere (“to stand”).

Example Sentences

• "There is a way in which Britain is certain to have war and its horrors and calamities; it is this--by persisting in her present course of unpreparedness, her apathy, unintelligence, and blindness, and in her disregard of the warnings of the most ordinary political insight, as well as of the example of history."
• "Much of this prejudice, indeed, persists; for instance, in the heavy handicappings with which insurance companies saddle their West Indian policies, […]"
• "Throughout the period, toothy giants persisted in the oceans. Perhaps the most spectacular was the megalodon shark."

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