Pers
(Pers) a. [F. pers.] Light blue; grayish blue; — a term applied to different shades at different periods.
— n. A cloth of sky-blue color. [Obs.] "A long surcoat of pers." Chaucer.
Persalt
(Per"salt`) n. (Chem.) A term formerly given to the salts supposed to be formed respectively by
neutralizing acids with certain peroxides. [Obsoles.]
Persant
(Per"sant) a. [F. perçant, p. pr. of percer to pierce.] Piercing. [Obs.] Spenser.
Perscrutation
(Per`scru*ta"tion) n. [L. perscrutatio, fr. perscrutari to search through.] A thorough
searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny. Carlyle
Persecot
(Per"se*cot) n. See Persicot.
Persecute
(Per"se*cute) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Persecuted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Persecuting.] [F. persécueter,
L. persequi, persecutus, to pursue, prosecute; per + sequi to follow, pursue. See Per-, and Second.]
1. To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially,
to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death, for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship.
Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
Matt.
v. 44. 2. To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy. Johnson.
Syn. — To oppress; harass; distress; worry; annoy.
Persecution
(Per`se*cu"tion) n. [F. persécution, L. persecutio.]
1. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a
particular creed or mode of worship.
Persecution produces no sincere conviction.
Paley. 2. The state or condition of being persecuted. Locke.
3. A carrying on; prosecution. [Obs.]
Persecutor
(Per"se*cu`tor) n. [L.: cf. F. persécuteur.] One who persecutes, or harasses. Shak.
Persecutrix
(Per"se*cu`trix) n. [L.] A woman who persecutes.
Perseid
(Per"se*id) n. (Astron.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th
of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They
are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.
Perseus
(Per"se*us) n. [L., from Gr. .]
1. (Class. Myth.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa.
2. (Astron.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star
cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula.
Persever
(Per*sev"er) v. i. To persevere. [Obs.]
Perseverance
(Per`se*ver"ance) n. [F. persévérance, L. perseverantia.]
