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One who persecutes, or harasses. Shak.

A woman who persecutes.

th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.

A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.

To persevere. [Obs.]

The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun. "The king-becoming graces . . . perseverance, mercy, lowliness." Shak. Whose constant perseverance overcame Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. Milton.

Persevering. [R.] "Perseverant faith." Whitby. -- Per`se*ver"ant*ly, adv. [R.]

t to give or abandon what is undertaken. Thrice happy, if they know Their happiness, and persevere upright. Milton.

Characterized by perseverance; persistent. -- Per`se*ver"ing*ly, adv.

way from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted. The only righteous in a word perverse. Milton.

Turned aside. [Obs.]

Perversely. [Obs.]

In a perverse manner.

The quality or state of being perverse. "Virtue hath some perverseness." Donne.

To reverse. [Obs.] Whose shield he bears renverst. Spenser.

Reversed; set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.

A reversing. [Obs.]

To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. "A vice reverse unto this." Gower.

changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zoöl.), sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.