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Definition
to keep working at something — especially despite difficulties
- Perhaps if Angel had persevered he might have gone to Cambridge like his brothers.3 — The Rally (30% in)
- Tess still stood hesitating like a bather about to make his plunge, hardly knowing whether to retreat or to persevere, when a figure came forth from the dark triangular door of the tent.1 — The Maiden (48% in)
There are no more uses of "persevere" in Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
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