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persist

verb
/pɚˈsɪst/US/pəˈsɪst/UK

Etymology

From Middle French persister (Modern French persister), from Latin persistere, from per- + sistere (“to stand”).

  1. derived from persistō
  2. borrowed from persister

Definitions

  1. To go on stubbornly or resolutely.

  2. To repeat an utterance.

  3. To continue to exist.

    • Much of this prejudice, indeed, persists; for instance, in the heavy handicappings with which insurance companies saddle their West Indian policies, […]
    • Throughout the period, toothy giants persisted in the oceans. Perhaps the most spectacular was the megalodon shark.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To continue to be

      To continue to be; to remain.

    2. To cause to persist

      To cause to persist; make permanent.

      • This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.
      • While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.

The neighborhood

Derived

hyperpersist, persistability, persistable, persist down, persistingly, persist it down, persistive, persistor, repersist, unpersist

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at persist. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01persist02resolutely03determined04decided05unmistakable06unique07holder08permanently09lastingly10persists

A definitional loop anchored at persist. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at persist

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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