- 1. a. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose. Source: opted
- 2. a. 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. Source: opted
- 3. adj. never-ceasing Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. continually recurring to the mind Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. retained; not shed Source: wordnet
- 6. adj. stubbornly unyielding Source: wordnet
- 7. 1. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose. 2. (Biol.) 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. Source: webster
- 8. Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kindsometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teethor gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous. Source: adambom
- 9. j:100 s. never-ceasing a. retained; not shed Source: ecdict
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