Associations to the word «Persecute»
Noun
- Conscience
- Behalf
- Tiberius
- Evil
- Purge
- Activist
- Brahmin
- Enmity
- Reign
- Imprisonment
- Envy
- Hate
- Sympathy
- Homosexuality
- Synagogue
- Saviour
- Revolution
- Persia
- Hitler
- Tenet
- Baptism
- Heracles
- Solidarity
- Reich
- Jesus
- Croat
- Religious
- Suffering
- Misfortune
- Junta
- Preaching
- Worship
- Vietnamese
- Disciple
- Bolshevik
- Wretch
- Garb
- Peng
- Baptist
- Calamity
- Roma
- Innocent
- Templar
- Enchantment
- Ferocity
- Socialism
- Evangelical
- Opponent
- Islam
- Consolation
- Midwife
- Avail
- Censorship
- Sikh
- Authority
- Anti
- Mughal
Adjective
Wiktionary
PERSECUTE, verb. To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.
PERSECUTE, verb. To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
Dictionary definition
PERSECUTE, verb. Cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.