All 3 Uses
obstinate
in
Gulliver's Travels
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- Which two mighty powers have, as I was going to tell you, been engaged in a most obstinate war for six-and-thirty moons past.
Chpt 1 *obstinate = stubbornly unyielding
- But if they still continue obstinate, or offer to raise insurrections, he proceeds to the last remedy, by letting the island drop directly upon their heads, which makes a universal destruction both of houses and men.†
Chpt 3
- Of all this the people are well apprised, and understand how far to carry their obstinacy, where their liberty or property is concerned.†
Chpt 3obstinacy = the trait of being stubborn in not doing what others want
Definitions:
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(1)
(obstinate) stubbornly not doing what others want
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)