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Persist In
- verb - carry forward; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"
- do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop; "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
Persistent
- adjective - continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy
- never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"
- retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"
- stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
Persisting
- verb - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
- continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
- relentless and indefatigable in pursuit or as if in pursuit; "impossible to escape the dogging fears"
- stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
Pertusaria
- noun - crustose lichens that are a source of the dye archil and of litmus
Pervasions
- noun - the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance
Petersburg
- noun - a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War
- the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
Petrescent
- - Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water.
Petrissage
- noun - massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed