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astly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy. If they persist in pointing their batteries against particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making reprisals. Addison. Some positive, per…

The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.

Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.

In a persistent manner.

Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent. -- Per*sist"ing*ly, adv.

See Persistent. Shak.

To pay wholly, or fully. [Obs.] E. Hall.

entation; an assumed character. [Archaic] His first appearance upon the stage in his new person of a sycophant or juggler. Bacon. No man can long put on a person and act a part. Jer. Taylor. To bear rule, which was thy part And person, hadst thou known thyself aright. Milton. How different is the same man from himself,…

Same as Person, n., 8.

Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman. Wise, warlike, personable, courteous, and kind. Spenser. The king, . . . so visited with sickness, was not personable. E. Hall.

Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person. "In personage stately." Hayward. The damsel well did view his personage. Spenser.

Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker.

The quality or state of being personal; personality. [R.]

That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality. Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground. Coleridge.

To make personal. "They personalize death." H. Spencer.

In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally. He, being cited, personally came not. Grafton.

The state of being a person; personality. [R.]

To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs.] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. Milton.

The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.

One who personates. "The personators of these actions." B. Jonson.