Definition of persevere Persevere

/pɚsʌvɪˈɹ/ - [persuvir] - per•se•vere

We found 5 definitions of persevere from 5 different sources.

What does persevere mean?

Verb perseveres, persevering, persevered
persevere - be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
		persist, hang in, hang on, hold on
		uphold, bear on, carry on, preserve, continue stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals
		obstinate persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
		ask for it, ask for trouble persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble; "He is asking for trouble with his behavior"
		plug away, plug work doggedly or persistently; "She keeps plugging away at her dissertation"
		stick with, stick to, follow keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet"

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persevere (Verb)
To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey or mission in spite of distraction, difficulty, obstacles or discouragement.

persevere (v. i.)
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.

persevere
pėr-sē-vēr′, v.i. to persist in anything: to pursue anything steadily: to be constant: not to give over.—n. Persevē′rance, act or state of persevering: continued application to anything which one has begun: a going on till success is met with.—adj. Persevē′ring.—adv. Persevē′ringly.—Perseverance of saints, the Calvinistic doctrine that those who are effectually called by God cannot fall away so as to be finally lost. [Fr.,—L. perseverāre—perseverus, very strict—per, very, severus, strict.]

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