Definition of persist

"persist" in the verb sense

1. prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure

continue to exist

"These stories die hard"

"The legend of Elvis endures"

2. persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on

be persistent, refuse to stop

"he persisted to call me every night"

"The child persisted and kept asking questions"

3. persist, remain, stay

stay behind

"The smell stayed in the room"

"The hostility remained long after they made up"

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Quotations for persist

Read Homer once, and you can read no more,
For all books else appear so mean, so poor.
Verse will seem prose, but still persist to read,
And Homer will be all the books you need. [ John Sheffield ]

Nobody will persist long in helping those who will not help themselves. [ Johnson ]

Persist, persevere, and you will find most things attainable that are possible. [ Chesterfield ]

The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [ Tacitus ]

Let us pity the wicked man; for it is very sad to seek happiness where it does not exist. Let our compassion express itself in efforts to bring him gently back to sacred principle, and if he persist, let us pity him the more for a blindness so fatal to himself. [ De Charnage ]

persist in Scrabble®

The word persist is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters persist:

PERSIST
(86 = 36 + 50)
STRIPES
(86 = 36 + 50)
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

persist, priests, spriest, sprites, stripes

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word persist

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In persist

PERSIST
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STRIPES
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PERSIST
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persist in Words With Friends™

The word persist is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters persist:

PERSIST
(95 = 60 + 35)
STRIPES
(95 = 60 + 35)
SPRIEST
(95 = 60 + 35)
PRIESTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SPRITES
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (5 words)

persist, priests, spriest, sprites, stripes

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word persist

PERSIST
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PERSIST
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In persist

PERSIST
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STRIPES
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SPRIEST
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Words containing the sequence persist

Words with persist in them (3 words)

Words that end with persist (1 word)

Word Growth involving persist

Shorter words in persist

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Longer words containing persist

persisted

persistence nonpersistence

persistent nonpersistent

persistent persistently

persisting

persists