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▪ I. obstinate, a. (n.)|ˈɒbstɪnət|
[ad. L. obstināt-us determined, stubborn, pa. pple. of obstināre (derivative form of obstāre) to persist.]
1. Pertinacious or stubborn in adhering to one's own course; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty; inflexible, headstrong, self-willed. Rarely in neutral or good sense.
a1340Hampole Psalter cxlii. 14 Þou sall lose þe deuyl & all obstynate men. 1388Wyclif Gen. xlix. 7 Curside be the woodnesse of hem, for it is obstynat. 1463Bury Wills (Camden) 24 And he be obstinat or froward I wil he haue noon of all. c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) G v, On obstinate dullardes waste not thy wit and brayne. 1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 19 Preamble, Erronyously defendyng & maynteynyng his seid obstynate opynyons agayne the unitye of the holye Churche. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) II. 422 The obstinate Man does not hold Opinions, but they hold him. 1717Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Mar 30 Jan., It yielded..after an obstinate defence. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) IV. vii. iv. 144 His obstinate humility resisted their flattering importunities.
2. Unyielding, stiff, rigid; spec. of a disease, etc., not yielding readily to treatment; refractory, stubborn.
1638Rawley tr. Bacon's Life & Death (1651) 7 Boots, grown hard and obstinate with age. a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts 115 This may probably destroy that obstinate disease. 1784Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 9 Feb., I have been forced to sit up many nights by an obstinate sleeplessness. 1871G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. iii. xii. 1048 An obstinate diarrhœa sometimes sets in. 1891S. C. Scrivener Our Fields & Cities 13 The Nottinghamshire clays—obstinate red clay, good for bricks and oak trees.
†3. Reluctant. Obs. rare.
a1754W. Hamilton To the Countess etc., Sincere and equal to thy neighbour's fame, How swift to praise, how obstinate to blame.
B. n. A stubborn or inflexible person.
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iii. iii. 152 Promptynge correccyon..unto obstinates and perseuerynge theyr malyce. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. Pref., Out of the bosome of these heretikes, rebelles, and obstinates. 1623T. Scott God & the King (1633) 6 These obstinates be of two sorts..The Dogmaticall obstinates are such as erre in judgement. 1781Justamond Priv. Life Lewis XV, I. 67 There were, as the Regent called them, some obstinates, that is to say, persons who could not persuade themselves, that paper was of greater value than money.
▪ II. obstinate, v. Now rare.|ˈɒbstɪneɪt|
[f. L. obstināt-, ppl. stem of obstināre: see prec. and -ate3.]
trans. To render obstinate; to cause to persist stubbornly. Also refl. (= F. s'obstiner).
c1420Chron. Vilod. st. 1245 Þey ben obstynatyde so meche in covetyse. 1588E. Aggas tr. Disc. pres. Est. France 31 Being no great likelihood that the Suitzers woulde obstinate themselues against such great forces. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 536 One that hath obstinated himselfe against the Church. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 133 These Abuses and Grievances..being published, Luther became more obstinated. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 308 If he still obstinates himself, he is finished by being made to measure one of the marble putti, which look like rather stoutish babies, and are found to be six feet. |
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