Word Meaning

persists definition and meaning

v. i. To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy.

Crossword clues for persists

- Continue despite opposition
- Continue doggedly
- Continue in the face of difficulty
- Continue steadily
- Converted priests persevere
- die hard
- Endure
- Happen again
- Keep at it
- Keep plugging away
- Persevere
- Soldier on
- Carries on when nuisances admit repetitive strain injury
- Chief protester violently resists and carries on
- Continues
- Continues despite opposition
- Continues in a course of action or opinion
- Continues steadily
- Endures
- Is tenacious
- keeps on disrupting priests before the last rites
- Perseveres
- Perseveres with sisters scrambling after first prize
- Quietly resists, turns around, keeps going
- Remains