persist

Meaning

Verb

To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
To repeat an utterance.
To continue to exist.
To continue to be; to remain.
To cause to persist; make permanent.

Origin

From Middle French persister (Modern French persister), from Latin persistō, from per- + sistō

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