Persisting
[pɚ'sɪst]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Persist
(a.) Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.
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Examples
- But this state of affairs does not afford instructors an excuse for folding their hands and persisting in methods which segregate school knowledge. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Lydgate had after all to give some scrutiny to each drawer, the Vicar laughing at himself, and yet persisting in the exhibition. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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