упорствовать

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Russian

Etymology

упо́рство (upórstvo) +‎ -овать (-ovatʹ)

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Verb

упо́рствовать (upórstvovatʹimpf

  1. to persist (in), to be stubborn/obstinate/unyielding
    • 1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин , “Семейные итоги”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:
      Дом ма́ло-пома́лу стиха́ет, и мёртвая тишина́ ползёт из ко́мнаты в ко́мнату и наконе́ц дополза́ет до после́днего убе́жища, в кото́ром до́льше про́чих закоу́лков упо́рствовала обря́довая жизнь, то́ есть до кабине́та головлёвского ба́рина.
      Dom málo-pomálu stixájet, i mjórtvaja tišiná polzjót iz kómnaty v kómnatu i nakonéc dopolzájet do poslédnevo ubéžišča, v kotórom dólʹše próčix zakoúlkov upórstvovala obrjádovaja žiznʹ, tó jestʹ do kabinéta golovljóvskovo bárina.
      The house gradually falls silent and a deathly hush steals from room to room until finally it comes to the last refuge, in which, longer than in the other bolt-holes, the ritual life persists: that is, to the study of the master of Golovlevo.

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