Persist
WordNet
verb
(1) Be persistent, refuse to stop
"He persisted to call me every night"
"The child persisted and kept asking questions"
(2) Continue to exist
"These stories die hard"
"The legend of Elvis endures"
(3) Stay behind
"The smell stayed in the room"
"The hostility remained long after they made up"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
- To repeat an utterance.
- To continue to exist.
- To cause to persist; make permanent.
- 2006, Marco Bellinaso, ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming
- This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.