Antonyms for persecute

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pur-si-kyoot

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr sɪˌkyut

Definition of persecute

Origin : mid-15c., "to oppress for the holding of a belief or opinion," from Middle French persécuter "pursue, torment, open legal action" (14c.), from Latin persecutus, past participle of persequi "to pursue" (see persecution). Related: Persecuted; persecuting.

verb wrong, torment

Example sentences :

Pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

With your lying tongue you have changed her into a demon to persecute me!
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

If they have hated me they will hate you also; if they have persecuted me they will persecute you.'
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

They may beat me and persecute me, but I will never deny my God.
Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

Badges of honor; since to be persecuted is nobler than to persecute.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Teach him that it is better to be persecuted than to persecute.
Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various

Was this the woman he had had the effrontery to persecute, to annoy?
Extract from : « Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands » by Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson

We have saved the human race, and you persecute us for doing it.'
Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli

The only question is: In whose hands is the power to persecute?
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Soon the people began to persecute Ignatius and his companions.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of St. Ignatius » by Saint Ignatius Loyola

Synonyms for persecute

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