Word Meanings - PERSEVERANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Persevering. "Perseverant faith." Whitby. -- Per`se*ver"ant*ly, adv.
Related words: (words related to PERSEVERANT)
- PERSEVERANCE
Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. (more info) - PERSEVER
To persevere. - FAITHLESS
1. Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27. 2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak. 3. Not observant of promises or covenants. 4. Not true - PERSEVERANT
Persevering. "Perseverant faith." Whitby. -- Per`se*ver"ant*ly, adv. - FAITHED
Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere. "Make thy words faithed." Shak. - FAITH
fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr. th is perhaps due to the influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See Bid, Bide, and 1. Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly - PERSEVERING
Characterized by perseverance; persistent. -- Per`se*ver"ing*ly, adv. - FAITHFUL
1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God. You are not faithful, sir. B. Jonson. 2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements. The faithful God, - PERSEVERE
To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken. Thrice happy, if - UNFAITH
Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief. Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. Tennyson. - UNFAITHFUL
1. Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant. My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight. Pope. His - MISFAITH
Want of faith; distrust. " born of your misfaith." Tennyson. - I' FAITH
. In faith; indeed; truly. Shak. - IMPERSEVERANT
Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless.