Meaning

2 senses
  1. Indicating a situation that was the case at one time (usually past) and continues to a later time (usually time of speaking).

  2. (obsolete)Persistent

Origin

From persist + -ive.

From persist + -ive.

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Forms

more persistive, most persistive
Comparativemore persistive Lesson
Superlativemost persistive Lesson

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
persistive — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto