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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Obstinate \Ob"sti*nate\, adjective [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see {Ob-}) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {Destine}.]
1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W. Temple.
No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope.
Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth.
2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.
Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See {Stubborn}. -- {Ob"sti*nate*ly}, adverb -- {Ob"sti*nate*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield [syn: {stubborn}, {obstinate}, {unregenerate}] [ant: {docile}]
2: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: {cussed}, {obdurate}, {obstinate}, {unrepentant}]
3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: {contrary}, {obstinate}, {perverse}, {wayward}]
verb
1: persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
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