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Word Meanings - PERSISTENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous. (more info) 1. Inclined to persist; having staying

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Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous. (more info) 1. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.

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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)
  • CONTINUABLE
    Capable of being continued
  • CONTINUANT
    Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n.
  • LAST
    of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth. Chaucer.
  • PERSEVER
    To persevere.
  • INDEFEASIBLE
    Not to be defeated; not defeasible; incapable of being annulled or made void; as, an indefeasible or title. That the king had a divine and an indefeasible right to the regal power. Macaulay.
  • LASTERY
    A red color. Spenser.
  • LASTE
    of Last, to endure. Chaucer.
  • INEFFACEABLE
    Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
  • CONTINUITY
    the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden. Law of continuity
  • STABLENESS
    The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.
  • ABIDER
    1. One who abides, or continues. "Speedy goers and strong abiders." Sidney. 2. One who dwells; a resident. Speed.
  • STABLEBOY; STABLEMAN
    A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.
  • CONSTANTIA
    A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony.
  • PERSEVERANT
    Persevering. "Perseverant faith." Whitby. -- Per`se*ver"ant*ly, adv.
  • DOGGET
    Docket. See Docket.
  • UNWEARIED
    Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable. -- Un*wea"ried*ly, adv. -- Un*wea"ried*ness, n.
  • INDELIBLE
    capable of being destroyed: cf. F. indélébile. See In- not, and 1. That can not be removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible
  • CONTINUOUSLY
    In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.
  • CONTINUATION
    1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation. Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay. 2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries
  • PROPLASTIC
    Forming a mold.
  • POSTABLE
    Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. W. Montagu.
  • RECONTINUANCE
    The act or state of recontinuing.
  • ODONTOPLAST
    An odontoblast.
  • INTESTABLE
    Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
  • EVERLASTINGLY
    In an everlasting manner.
  • TABID
    Affected by tabes; tabetic. In tabid persons, milk is the bset restorative. Arbuthnot. -- Tab"id*ly, adv. -- Tab"id*ness, n.
  • CONSTABLESS
    The wife of a constable.
  • LABIOPLASTY
    A plastic operation for making a new lip, or for replacing a lost tissue of a lip.
  • APLASTIC
    Not plastic or easily molded.
  • STOMATOPLASTIC
    Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed.
  • EMPLASTER
    See WISEMAN (more info) plaster or salve, fr. Gr.
  • MONOPLAST
    A monoplastic element.
  • WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
    A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
  • PHELLOPLASTICS
    Art of modeling in cork.
  • PROTOPLASTIC
    First-formed. Howell.

 

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