Antonyms for persist

Grammar : Verb

Spell : per-sist, -zist

Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɪst, -ˈzɪst

Definition of persist

Origin : 1530s, from Middle French persister (14c.), from Latin persistere "abide, continue steadfastly," from per- "thoroughly" (see per) + sistere "come to stand, cause to stand still" (see assist). Related: Persisted; persisting.

verb carry on, carry through

Example sentences :

Why should she persist in this eternal search for this impossible condition?
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

I beg of you to persist in your address—the unnatural brother called it address!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

But if you persist in this way, Nat,—don't you know what it means?
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

But why will you persist in living up here without any comfort?
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

But what you do not know is that the type once established does not persist of its own accord.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

What if she were to persist in her offer—were to work with him, urge him to work with her?
Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

So he calls it the ‘Fruhling Symphonie,’ and will persist in playing it as such.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

Why should he persist—for that matter, why should he go at all?
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

She laughed and did not persist, though she had coloured still more.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

You see very well that you are conquered, so why should you persist any longer?
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for persist

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