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Adjective: persevering  `pur-su'vi(-u)-ring
  1. Quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
    "a persevering worker"; "with persevering industry she revived the failing business"
    - diligent
Verb: persevere  `pur-su'vir [N. Amer], `pur-su'vi-u(r) [Brit]
  1. Be persistent, refuse to stop
    "he persevered to call me every night"
    - persist, hang in, hang on, hold on

See also: patient, perseveration, perseveringly

Type of: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold

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