persuasively 
persuasively (per-swa'siv-li), atlr. In a per- 
Riiasive manner; so as lo influence or win over; 
convincingly. 
persuasiveness (per-swa'siv-nes), Tlio 
quality of being persuasive or convincing; the 
qualit y of winning over the mind or will of an- 
other. 
persuasoryt (per-swa'so-ri), a. [< OF. persua- 
.ii>-f = Pg. It. iMTmnmoriii, < LL. persuasor, a 
persuader, < 1-. pcrsuadere, pp. persuasus, per- 
suaile: see /H i-Kiiinlv.] Having power or ten- 
dency I" persuade; persuasive. 
Such elixiuent speeches, inch pithie sentences, uch per- 
nuuHirie reasons. Stanifiumt, C'hron. of Ireland, an. 1578. 
persuet, <' An obsolete fonn of pursue. 
persulphate (per-sul'fat), n. [C per- + sul- 
/iliit/rT] That sulphate of a metal which con- 
1,'iins tho relatively greater quantity of acid. 
persultationt (per-sul-ta'shon), . [< L. per- 
xultarf, pp. persultatus, leap about, < per, 
through, -f xaltare, leap: see saltation.] A 
leaping or jumping over. 
perswadet, perswasiont, etc. Obsolete spell- 
ings of iM'i'Hiiinlc, etc. 
perswayt (per-swa'), v. t. [Appar. a var. of 
liermriiilt; /irriuiade, simulating sway. ] To sof- 
ten.; mitigate; allay; assuage. 
The creeping venom of which subtle serpent . . . nei- 
ther the catting of the perilous plant, nor the drying of 
it, nor the lighting or burning can any way pertway or as- 
suage. B. Jnnxon, Bartholomew Fair, ii. 1. 
persymmetric (per-si-met'rik), a. [< per- + 
xi/niHirtrir.] Same & per/symmetrical. Persym- 
nietric determinant. See determinant. 
persymmetrical (p6r-si-met'ri- A B 
kal), a. [< pcrnymmetric + -al.~\ B C D E F 
Having, as a square matrix, all c D E F a 
the elements of each line perpen- D E F o H 
dieular to the principal diagonal 
alike. E F O H I 
pert 1 (pert), a. and . [Also dial. "TEW 1 
peart ; < ME. pert, peert, < W. pert, 
equiv. to perc, compact, trim, whence E. perk 2 , 
of which pert* is a variant (et.jert and jerk*, flirt 
budflirk). In part confused with pert 2 .] I. a. 
If. Comely; beautiful; of good appearance; 
trim; neat. 
This prise kyng Priam hade of pert childer 
Thretty sonnes bcsydes. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1604. 
Sche was as whyt as lylye yn May, 
Or snow that sneweth yn wynterys day ; 
He seygh never non so pert. 
lUwtration* of Fairy Mythology, p. 11. (HaUiweU.) 
2f. Lively; brisk; clever; smart. 
Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth. 
Shak., M. N. D., 1. 1. 13. 
And on the lawny sands and shelves 
Trip the pert faeries, and the dapper elves. 
Milton, Comas, 1. 118. 
The acutest and the pertest operations of wit and sut- 
tlety. Milton, Areopagitica, p. 48. 
3. Forward; saucy; impudent; indecorously 
loquacious or free. 
She was proud and peert as Is a pye. 
Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 30. 
I scorn that one so basely born 
Should by his sovereign's favour grow so pert. 
Marlowe, Edward II., i. 4. 
Harry was, in the days of his celibacy, one of those pert 
creatures who have much vivacity and little understand- 
ing. Stefle, Spectator, No. 100. 
Here Vanity assumes her pert grimace, 
And trims her robes of frieze with copper lace. 
Qoldtmith, Traveller. 
Syn, 3. See impudence. 
II. n. A pert or impudent person of either 
sex. 
No powder'd pert, proficient in the art 
Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors 
Till the street rings. Cowper, Task, IT. 146. 
pertH (pert), r. [< pert 1 , a.; a var. of perk 2 , 
'.] I. trans. To perk. 
Sirrah, didst thou ever see a prettier child? how it be- 
haves itself. I warrant ye, and speaks and looks, and pert 
up the head ! 
Heart, and /'/., Knight of Burning Pestle, i. .'. 
H. intrans. To be pert or saucy; behave 
with pertness. 
Hagnr perted against Sarah, and lifted herself up against 
her superiors. Bp. Gauden, Anti Baal-Berith (1661), p. 292. 
pert' 2 ! (pert), a. [By apheresis from apert, 
q. v. j 1. Open; clear, as a way or passage. 
Thor quili's he weren in the desert 
God tagte hem weie, wis and pert. 
Gen. and Bxoa. (E. E. T. s.\ 1. 3292. 
2. Plain; clear; evident; obvious; not con- 
cealed. 
That is the perte profession that a-pendeth to knihtes. 
Piers Plowman (A), i. 98. 
4419 
Or prive or pert yf any bene, 
We han great Bandogs will tnare their skinne. 
Spenner, .shep. Cal., September. 
pert' J t, adf. [ME. pcrtc ; < pert-, <i.\ Openly. 
Some parted as perte as prouyd well after, 
And clappid more (Tor the coyne that the kyng nweth hem 
Thanni; (for comtforte of the comyne that her cost paicd. 
Richard the Redelea, Iv. 88. 
pertain (per-tan'), v. i. [< ME. pertayncn, per- 
tii/nfn, partencn, < OF. partenir (cf. Sp. per- 
tenecer = Pg. pertencer) = It. pertenere, < L. 
perttnere, extend, stretch out, belong, relate, 
have concern, < per, through, + tenere, hold : 
see tenant. Cf. attain, contain, detain, obtain, 
retain, etc., also appertain, etc.] 1. Tobelong; 
appertain, as a possession or an adjunct: with 
to or unto: as, the things which pertain to God. 
By hym the obsequy well don that day, 
Enriched with light prrtayning ther to. 
Rom. of Partmay (E. E. T. S.), L 8219. 
We com to an ylonde callyd Calamo, C myle from the 
Rodes, And Kflarfeunelh to the Rodes. 
Torkington, Dlarie of Eng. Travel!, p. 58. 
The crown 
And all wide-stretched honours that pertain 
By custom and the ordinance of times 
Unto the crown of France. Shak., Hen. V., ii. 4. 82. 
While the Archbishop blessed the Crown, he to whose 
Office it pertained put Spurs on his Heels. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 186. 
2. To relate; have reference or relation: with to. 
They begin every dinner and supper with reading some- 
thing that pertaineth to good manners and virtue. But It 
is short, because no man shall be grieved therewith. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 6. 
I find not any science that doth properly or fitly pertain 
to the imagination. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 207. 
= Syn. 2. To regard, relate to, bear upon, concern. 
pertaining (per-ta'ning), n. [Verbal n. of 
pertain, v.] A belonging; an appurtenance. 
[Bare.] 
Of this plot seven " bangruppen " (i. e., land which would 
serve for constructing seven houses and their pertaining*) 
have been at once taken in hand. 
Electric Rev. (Eng.X XXV. 607. 
perte 1 !, v. A Middle English form of part. 
perte 2 (pert), n. [P., <perdre, lose: see perdi- 
tion.] In France, a place where a river disap- 
pears, in consequence of its having worn a deep 
channel in the rock, which has subsequently 
become covered over by the fall of large blocks 
from above. The Perte du Bhdne, below Ge- 
neva, the best-known of these localities, is 
about fifty yards long. 
pertelotet, n. See partlet. 
perteneret, w. An obsolete form of partner. 
perterebrationt (per-ter-e-bra'shon), n. [< L. 
as if *perterebratto(n-), '<. perterebrare, bore 
through, (per, through, < terebrare, pp. terebra- 
tus, bore: see terebrate.] The act of boring 
through; perforation. E. Phillips; Bailey. 
[Bare.] 
perthite (per'thit). n. [< Perth (see def.) + 
-ite 2 .] A flesh-red aventurine variety of feld- 
spar from Perth in Ontario, Canada, it consists 
of interlamlnated alblte and orthoclase, or albite and mi- 
crocline. The name has been extended to similar com- 
pounds from other localities ; when the laminae are visible 
under the microscope only, it is sometimes called micro- 
perthite. 
perthitic (per-thit'ik), a. [< perthite + -ic.] 
Pertaining to, resembling, or containing per- 
thite. See micropertliitic. 
pertilichet, ado. A Middle English form of 
pertly*. 
pertinacious (per-ti-na'shu*), a. [= OF. per- 
tinace = Sp. Pg. pertinaz = It. pertinace. < L. 
pertinax (pertinac-), very tenacious, < per, 
through, + tenax, tenacious: see tenacious.] 
Unyielding; persistent; obstinate; especially, 
resolute, as in holding or adhering to an opin- 
ion, purpose, design, course of action, etc. 
They may also langh at their pertinadma and incurable 
obstinacy. Milton, Apology for Smectymnnus. 
He had never met with a man of more pertinaciout con- 
fidence and less abilities. /. Walton. 
Diligence is a steady, constant, pertinacimit study. 
South. 
Syn. 1'nyieldfng, dogged : the won! is rarely used now 
except In condemnation. See obttinate. 
pertinaciously (per-ti-na'shus-li), adv. In a 
pertinacious manner ; obstinately ; firmly ; with 
pertinacity; resolutely. 
pertinaciousness (per-ti-na'shus-nes), n. Per- 
tinacity. 
pertinacity (per-ti-nas'i-ti), n. [< F. pertina- 
cite = It. pertinacitd, < Ii. as if *pertinacita(t-)s, 
< pertitiax, pertinacious >: see pertinacious.] The 
character of being pertinacious ; resolute or un- 
yielding adherence, as to an opinion, purpose, 
pertly 
design, course of aetion. etc. : persistency ; ob- 
stinacy; resoluteness : as, to cling with ]icr/i- 
nacity to one's purpose. 
The pertinacity with which he adhere* to his purpose 
yields only to the Immediate pressure of fear. 
Macaulay, Warren Hastings. 
Syn. See pertinaciout. 
pertinacyt (per'ti-na-si), M. [< ME. purlinm-i* . 
< OF. pcrtinncie, pertinaee = Sji. Pg. It. perti- 
nacia, < L. pertinacia, pertinaciousness, \ per- 
tinax, pertinacious: see pertinacious.] Perti- 
nacity; obstinacy. 
Pertinacif Is whan man deRendeth hise folles, and 
trustth to muchel in his owene wit. 
Chaucer, Parson s Tale. 
My breeding is not so coarse ... to offend with perti- 
nacy. B. Jonton, Volpone, iv. 2. 
pertinatet (per'ti-nat), a. [Irreg. < pertina- 
cious, with accom. suffix -ate*.~] Obstinate. 
Joye. 
pertinatelyt (per'ti-naMi), atlr. Obstinately. 
Joye. 
pertinence (per'ti-nens), n. [< F. pertiiirnrr = 
Pr. pertenensa = Sp. pertinencia, pertenencia, 
obs., = Pg. pertinencia, pertenc/i = It. pertinen- 
za, pertinenzia, < ML. pertinentia, pertinence, 
right of possession or property, appurtenance, 
< L. per tinen( t- ), belonging, pert ineut : see per- 
tinent.] 1. The character of being pertinent or 
to the point ; strict relevancy or suitableness ; 
appositeuess. 
Secondly, a due ordering of our words that are to pro- 
ceed from and to express our thoughts : which Is done by 
Itertiiiencc and brevity of expression. 
South, \v..rks, n. ii i. 
2. Belevant or apposite utterance. [Bare.] 
This balance between the orator and the audience is ex- 
pressed in what Is called the pertinence of the speaker. 
Emenon, Eloquence. 
= Syn. 1. Relevancy, appropriateness, applicability, pro- 
priety. 
pertinency (per'ti-nen-si), n. [As pertinence 
(see -cy).] Pertinence. 
pertinent (per'ti-nent), a. and n. [< F. perti- 
nent = Sp. pcrtinente = Pg. pertinente, perten- 
cente = It. pertinente, pertenente, < L. perti- 
nen(t-)s, ppr. of perttnere, pertain, concern : 
see pertain. Cf. appertinent, appurtenant.] I. 
o.l. Belonging or related to the subject or mat- 
ter in hand ; to the purpose ; adapted to the end 
proposed ; appropriate ; apposite ; not foreign 
to the question ; being to the point. In the doc- 
trine of scholastic disputation, pertinent (from the four- 
teenth century) was said of a proposition whose truth or fal- 
sity would follow necessarily from the truth of the propo- 
sition to which it was said to be pertinent, and also of a term 
which was necessarily true or necessarily false of that to 
which it was pertinent. 
There are pertinent two points of much purpose, the one 
by way of preparation, the other by way of caution. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 176. 
Some of the verses pleased me, it is true, 
And still were pertinent those honoring yon. 
Lowell, To G. W. Curtk (P. S.) 
2. Pertaining or relating; that regards or has 
reference: with to or unto. 
Anything pertinent unto faith and religion. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity. 
=Syn. Relevant, lit, proper, applicable, appertaining. 
II. 71. In Scots law, an appurtenant: used, 
chiefly in the plural, in charters and disposi- 
tions in conjunction with parts : as, lauds are 
disponed with parts and pertinents. 
pertinently (per'ti-nent-li), adv. In a perti- 
nent manner; appositely; to the point or pur- 
pose. 
pertinentness (per'ti-nent-nes), w. The char- 
acter of being pertinent'; pertinence ; apposite- 
ness. 
pertingentt (per-tin'jent),a. [< li.pe>-tinnen(t-)s, 
ppr. of pertingere, stretch out, extend, < per, 
through, + tangere, touch : see tangent.] Beach- 
ing to or touching completely. Blount. 
pertly 1 (pert'li), adv. [X ME. pertly; <perfl + 
-lyV.] If. Beadily; briskly; promptly. 
And Paris to the prinse pertly aunsward : 
"Sir, your comaundement to kepe, I cast me forsothe, 
With all the might that I may, at this mene tyme." 
Dfstmctvm of Troy (E. E. T. $.), I. 6232. 
Now come, my Ariel ! bring a corollary, 
Rather than want a spirit : appear, and pertly ! 
No tongue ! all eyes ! be silent. 
Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 68. 
2. In a pert, bold, or saucy manner; saucily. 
For yonder walls, that pertly front your town, 
Yond towers, whose wanton tops do buss the clouds. 
Must kiss their own feet Shak., T. and C., Iv. 5. 219. 
pertly 2 !, adv. [< ME. pertly, perteliche, perti- 
liche; < peri 2 + -Jy 2 .] Openly ; plainly ; clear- 
ly; evidently; truly. 
