persist in doing

persist in doing something

to continue doing something. John persists in thinking that he's always right. Tom persists in demanding that I agree to his terms.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Asplen	['æsplən]
Absolon	ab-so-LAWN	French
Roser	-	Catalan
Paraskeve	-	Late Greek
Coilean	-	Irish
Ravi	RAH-vee (Hinduism)	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali