persist Definition

remain, prevail, endure, persevere, stay, run, hang in, hold on, hang on, die hard, linger, persistent, continue, exist, perpetuate, survive, sustain, persistence, maintain, keep, insist, continuous, subsist, pursue, stick, retain, stand, consist, uphold, abide, last, worsen, subside, abate, tolerate, exacerbate, intensify, fester, dissipate, occur, reemerge, pervade, bedevil, deteriorate, predominate, arise, recur, abound, proliferate, loom, weaken, succumb, recede, aggravate, lurk, stagnate, creep, suffer, absist, escalate, disappear, ensue, seep, afflict, erode, resurface, fade, emerge, permeate, erupt, metastasize, thrive, vanish, constrain, percolate, keep at, ramify, depress, roil, wear on, slacken, degenerate, dampen, calcify, diminish, hamper, deepen, portend, reappear, rise, overspreading, languish, wane, stabilizes, beget, hinder, regress, resurge, happen, remedied,