Definition of Obstenate
Ob"sti*nate (?), a. [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, adv. --
Ob"sti*nate*ness, n.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the
splendor and stress of our advocacy.
The popular type and exponent of obstinacy is the mule, a most
intelligent animal.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
- Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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