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PERSEVE'RANT, a. Constant in pursuit of an undertaking. [Not used.]
PERSEVE'RE, v.i. [L.persevero. The last component part of this word, severo,must...
PERSEVE'RING, ppr. Persisting in any business or course begun. 1. a. Constant in...
PERSEVE'RINGLY, adv. With perseverance or continued pursuit of what is undertaken.
PER'SIFLAGE, n. [L. sibilo, to hiss.] A jeering; ridicule.
PERSIM'MON, n. A tree and its fruit, a species of Diospyros, a native of the sta...
PERSIST', v.i. [L. persisto; per and sisto, to stand or be fixed.] To continue s...
PERSIST'ENCE, n. The state of persisting; steady pursuit of what is undertaken; ...
PERSIST'ENT PERSIST'ING, a. In botany, continuing without withering; opposed to ...
PERSIST'IVE, a. Steady in pursuit; not receding from a purpose or undertaking; p...
PERSON, n. per'sn. [L. persona; said to be compounded of per, through or by, and...
PER'SONABLE, a. Having a well formed body or person; graceful; of good appearanc...
PER'SONAGE, n. A man or woman of distinction; as an illustrious personage. 1. Ex...
PER'SONAL, a. [L. personalis.] Belonging to men or women, not to things; not rea...
PERSONAL'ITY, n. That which constitutes an individual a distinct person, or that...
PER'SONALLY, adv. In person; by bodily presence; not by representative or substi...