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Webster 1913 Edition

Obstinate

Ob′sti-nate

,
Adj.
[L.
obstinatus
, p. p. of
obstinare
to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in;
ob
(see
Ob-
) + a word from the root of
stare
to stand. See
Stand
, and cf.
Destine
.]
1.
Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; – usually implying unreasonableness.
I have known great cures done by
obstinate
resolution of drinking no wine.
Sir W. Temple.
No ass so meek, no ass so
obstinate
.
Pope.
Of sense and outward things.
Wordsworth.
2.
Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed;
as,
obstinate
fever;
obstinate
obstructions.
Syn. – Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See
Stubborn
.
–
Ob′sti-nate-ly
,
adv.
–
Ob′sti-nate-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Obstinate

OB'STINATE

,
Adj.
[L. obstinatus.]
1.
Stubborn; pertinaciously adhering to an opinion or purpose; fixed firmly in resolution; not yielding to reason, arguments or other means.
I have known great cures done by obstinate resolutions of drinking no wine.
No ass so meek, no ass os obstinate.
2.
Not yielding or not easily subdued or removed; as an obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions; an obstinate cough.

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