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Grammar : Verb
Spell : pur-si-kyoot
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr sɪˌkyut

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Définition of persecute

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "to oppress for the holding of a belief or opinion," from Middle French persécuter "pursue, torment, open legal action" (14c.), from Latin persecutus, past participle of persequi "to pursue" (see persecution). Related: Persecuted; persecuting.
  • verb wrong, torment
Example sentences :
  • Pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • With your lying tongue you have changed her into a demon to persecute me!
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • If they have hated me they will hate you also; if they have persecuted me they will persecute you.'
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • They may beat me and persecute me, but I will never deny my God.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
  • Badges of honor; since to be persecuted is nobler than to persecute.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Teach him that it is better to be persecuted than to persecute.
  • Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various
  • Was this the woman he had had the effrontery to persecute, to annoy?
  • Extract from : « Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands » by Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson
  • We have saved the human race, and you persecute us for doing it.'
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • The only question is: In whose hands is the power to persecute?
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Soon the people began to persecute Ignatius and his companions.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of St. Ignatius » by Saint Ignatius Loyola

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