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    Obstinate \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.

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