Bible Dictionaries
Persist

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Persist'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/persist.html. 1828.