persist

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   be persistent, refuse to stop

   I persisted to call you every night, but you seemed to care less than I did.

2. 2
   verb

   To go on stubbornly or resolutely.

   There is a way in which Britain is certain to have war and its horrors and calamities; it is this--by persisting in her present course of unpreparedness, her apathy, unintelligence, and blindness, and in her disregard of the warnings of the most ordinary political insight, as well as of the example of history.

3. 3
   verb

   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, […]

4. 4
   verb

   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.

5. 5
   verb

   continue to exist

6. 6
   verb

   stay behind

7. 7
   verb

   To repeat an utterance.

8. 8
   verb

   To continue to be; to remain.

Etymology

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