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Persistive means (obsolete) persistent.
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/pə(ɹ)ˈsɪstɪv/ · adjective
(obsolete) persistent.
Do you with cheekes abash'd, behold our workes, And thinke them shame, which are (indeed) nought else But the protractiue trials of great Ioue, To finde persistiue constancie in men?
It should further be observed, that this order of spasm is very persistive, sometimes continuing even after apparent death[…]
The present paper looks at so-called persistive markers (denoting something like “still going on”) in the sub-Saharan Bantu languages, one of the major subgroups of the Niger-Congo language phylum.
Persistive aspect is marked with a post-initial prefix shí-. Its high tone does not surface when combined with a construction that uses melodic tone 4
Use persistive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Persistive means (obsolete) persistent.
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Do you with cheekes abash'd, behold our workes, And thinke them shame, which are (indeed) nought else But the protractiue trials of great Ioue, To finde persistiue constancie in men?
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