a. [ An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known, true, free, or impudent. See Apert. ]
The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To behave with pertness. [ Obs. ] Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Men hate those who affect that honor by ambition which pertaineth not to them. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]
These words pertain unto us at this time as they pertained to them at their time. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. perterebratus, p. p. of perterebrare to bore through. ] The act of boring through. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) Same as Persulphocyanogen. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ So called from Perth, in canada. ] (Min.) A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors. --
a. [ L. pertinax, -acis; per + tenax tenacious. See Per-, and Tenacious. ]
Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious study. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Cf. F. pertinacité. ] The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy; perseverance; persistency. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. pertinacia, fr. pertinax. See Pertinacious. ] Pertinacity. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. pertinere to pertain. See Pertinence. ] The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]