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Meaning of persist


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  persist
      v 1: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of
           Elvis endures" [syn: {prevail}, {persist}, {die hard},
           {run}, {endure}]
      2: be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every
         night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions" [syn:
         {persevere}, {persist}, {hang in}, {hang on}, {hold on}]
      3: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility
         remained long after they made up" [syn: {persist}, {remain},
         {stay}]


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