Word Meanings - PERSEVERANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Persevering. "Perseverant faith." Whitby. -- Per`se*ver"ant*ly, adv.

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• PERSEVERANCE
  Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. (more info)
• PERSEVER
  To persevere.
• FAITHLESS
  1. Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27. 2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak. 3. Not observant of promises or covenants. 4. Not true
• PERSEVERANT
  Persevering. "Perseverant faith." Whitby. -- Per`se*ver"ant*ly, adv.
• FAITHED
  Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere. "Make thy words faithed." Shak.
• FAITH
  fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr. th is perhaps due to the influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See Bid, Bide, and 1. Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly
• PERSEVERING
  Characterized by perseverance; persistent. -- Per`se*ver"ing*ly, adv.
• FAITHFUL
  1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God. You are not faithful, sir. B. Jonson. 2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements. The faithful God,
• PERSEVERE
  To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken. Thrice happy, if
• UNFAITH
  Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief. Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. Tennyson.
• UNFAITHFUL
  1. Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant. My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight. Pope. His
• MISFAITH
  Want of faith; distrust. " born of your misfaith." Tennyson.
• I' FAITH
  . In faith; indeed; truly. Shak.
• IMPERSEVERANT
  Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.