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  • 1obstinate — obstinate, dogged, stubborn, pertinacious, mulish, stiff necked, pigheaded, bullheaded are comparable when they mean fixed or unyielding by temperament or nature. Obstinate implies persistent adherence, especially against persuasion or attack, to …

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  • 2obstinate — ob|sti|nate [ˈɔbstınıt US ˈa:b ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of obstinare to be determined ] 1.) determined not to change your ideas, behaviour, opinions etc, even when other people think you are being unreasonable =… …

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  • 3obstinate — adjective 1 unreasonably refusing to change your ideas of behaviour, even though people try to persuade you: Harry was obstinate and wouldn t admit he was wrong. | a sulky, obstinate child | an obstinate refusal to face facts 2 (only before noun) …

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  • 4obstinate — ob|sti|nate [ abstınət ] adjective 1. ) not willing to be reasonable and change your plans, ideas, or behavior: STUBBORN: I now see that my obstinate refusal caused problems for everyone. 2. ) usually before noun difficult to remove: This soap… …

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  • 5obstinate — UK [ˈɒbstɪnət] / US [ˈɑbstɪnət] adjective 1) not willing to be reasonable and change your plans, ideas, or behaviour I now see that my obstinate refusal caused problems for everyone. 2) [usually before noun] difficult to remove This soap will… …

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  • 6Jules Maigret — Maigret redirects here. For other uses, see Maigret (disambiguation). Maigret statue by Pieter d Hont in Delfzijl. The unveiling was made by Simenon himself on September 3, 1966, at the place where he had written the first Maigret novel, and was… …

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  • 7Contumacious — Con tu*ma cious, a. [L. contumax, acis. See {Contumacy}.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. [1913 Webster] There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate,… …

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  • 8Contumaciously — Contumacious Con tu*ma cious, a. [L. contumax, acis. See {Contumacy}.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. [1913 Webster] There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most… …

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  • 9Contumaciousness — Contumacious Con tu*ma cious, a. [L. contumax, acis. See {Contumacy}.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. [1913 Webster] There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most… …

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  • 10Endianness — Endian redirects here. For the Linux routing/firewall distribution, see Endian Firewall. In computing, the term endian or endianness refers to the ordering of individually addressable sub components within the representation of a larger data item …

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