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Webster 1913 Edition

Persevere

Perˊse-vere′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Persevered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Persevering
.]
[F.
persévérer
, L.
perseverare
, fr.
perseverus
very strict;
per + severus
strict, severe. See
Per-
, and
Severe
.]
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 they know
Their happiness, and
persevere
upright.
Milton.
Syn. – To
Persevere
,
Continue
,
Persist
.
The idea of not laying aside is common to these words. Continue is the generic term, denoting simply to do as one has done hitherto. To persevere is to continue in a given course in spite of discouragements, etc., from a desire to obtain our end. To persist is to continue from a determination of will not to give up. Persist is frequently used in a bad sense, implying obstinacy in pursuing an unworthy aim.

Webster 1828 Edition

Persevere

PERSEVE'RE

,
Verb.
I.
[L.persevero. The last component part of this word, severo,must be the same as in assevero, with the radical sense of set, fixed or continued. So persist is formed with per and sisto, to stand. Constant and continue have a like primary sense. So we say, to hold on.]
To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any design or course commenced; not to give over or abandon what is undertaken; applied alike to good and evil.
Thrice happy, if they know
Their happiness, and persevere upright!
To persevere in any evil course, makes you unhappy in this life.

Definition 2024

persévère

persévère

French

Verb

persévère

  1. first-person singular present indicative of persévérer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of persévérer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of persévérer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of persévérer
  5. second-person singular imperative of persévérer

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