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PERTINA'CIOUSLY, adv. Obstinately; with firm or perverse adherence to opinion or...
PERTINA'CIOUSNESS PERTINAC'ITY, n. [L. pertinacia.] Firm or unyielding adherence...
PER'TINACY, n. [supra.] Obstinacy; stubbornness; persistency; resolution; steadi...
PER'TINENCE PER'TINENCY, n. [L. pertinens,pertineo; per and teneo, to hold.] Jus...
PER'TINENT, a. [L. pertinens.] Related to the subject or matter in hand; just to...
PER'TINENTLY, adv. Appositely; to the purpose. He answered pertinently.
PER'TINENTNESS, n. Appositeness.
PERTIN'GENT, a. [L. pertingens.] Reaching to.
PERT'LY, adv. Briskly; smartly; with prompt boldness. 1. Saucily; with indecorou...
PERT'NESS, n. Briskness; smartness. 1. Sauciness; forward promptness or boldness...
PERTURB' PER'TURBATE, v.t. [L. perturbo; per and turbo, properly to turn, or to ...
PERTURBA'TION, n. [L. perturbatio.] 1. Disquiet or agitation of mind. 2. Restles...
PERTURBA'TOR PERTURB'ED, pp. Disturbed; agitated; disquieted. Rest, rest, pertur...
PERTURB'ER, n. One that disturbs or raises commotion. [Little used.]
PERTU'SE PERTU'SED, a. [L. pertusus, pertundo; per and tundo, to beat.] 1. Punch...
PERTU'SION, n. s as z. [L. pertusus, pertundo.] 1. The act of punching, piercing...