I.to continue steadfastly, to persist (rare): “si perstiteris ad corpus ea referre,” Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 107 fin.: “in impudentiā,” Liv. 38, 14, 11: “in luxuriā, Treb. Poll. Gall. 4, 2: in oratione persistens cum lacrymis,” Vulg. Tob. 3, 11: divulsusque triens prohibet persistere bessem, to remain, permanere, Aus. Ecl. 1, 22.
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