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perstare [CL] 1 to stay on, remain (in place, also fig.). summa magnanimitate in acie Christi ~antes Gildas EB 10; astrologus stabat, perstabat queque notabat R. Cant. Malch. p. 170 l. 781; ille fortiter ut inexpugnabilis murus in fide ~itit Ord. Vit. V 7 p. 326; s1452 tempus illud per quod a vinea istius ecclesie ‥ elongati perstetimus [sic] Reg. Whet. I 23. 2 to stay on resolutely, persist, endure (in certain activity, condition, or sim.); b (w. inf.) to continue resolutely (to). c (pr. ppl. as adj.) constant, permanent. cum ‥ in assiduis orationibus ‥ ~aret Felix Guthl. 36 p. 114; nihil in ipsius animo nisi caritas ‥ ~abat Ib. 51 p. 162; ubi invenerit ‥ hominem saltim unum in quo amor sanctus ‥ usque ad senium sine damno sui perstiterit vigoris Bede Cant. 1067; ut ‥ his qui in incredulitate ~itissent confusio nasceretur Id. Ep. Cath. 58D; pauca ‥ militibus locutus quibus si ~arent, victoriam, si morerentur, gloriam promitteret W. Malm. GR IV 381; unde si primi homines ~itissent quales facti sunt Pull. Sent. 949A; tecum maximis in periculis sicut cum patre tuo ~itimus Ord. Vit. VIII p. 275.  b usque dum sibi viva aqua responderet in altum fodere ~abat Bede Cant. 1150.  c in fide ~anti Bede Ezra 825. 3 (in gl.). ~ant, tioludun GlC P 336.

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