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DOGGED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stubbornly unyielding

Example:

men tenacious of opinion

Synonyms:

dogged; dour; persistent; pertinacious; tenacious; unyielding

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)

Derivation:

doggedness (persistent determination)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb dog

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 Context examples: 

You dogged her and followed her and made her life a misery to her, in order to induce her to abandon the husband whom she loved and respected in order to fly with you, whom she feared and hated.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)