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What are you? What am I? Those are the questions that constantly persecute and torment me and perhaps also play some part in my art.
Max Beckmann

Meaning of "persecute" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERSECUTE

From Old French persecuter, back formation from persecuteur, from Late Latin persecūtor pursuer, from persequī to take vengeance upon.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERSECUTE

persecute  [ˈpɜːsɪˌkjuːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERSECUTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Persecute is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb persecute in English.

WHAT DOES PERSECUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

persecute

Persecution

Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, ethnic persecution and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms. The inflicting of suffering, harassment, isolation, imprisonment, fear, or pain are all factors that may establish persecution. Even so, not all suffering will necessarily establish persecution. The suffering experienced by the victim must be sufficiently severe. The threshold level of severity has been a source of much debate.

Definition of persecute in the English dictionary

The definition of persecute in the dictionary is to oppress, harass, or maltreat, esp because of race, religion, etc. Other definition of persecute is to bother persistently.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PERSECUTE

PRESENT

Present
I persecute
you persecute
he/she/it persecutes
we persecute
you persecute
they persecute
Present continuous
I am persecuting
you are persecuting
he/she/it is persecuting
we are persecuting
you are persecuting
they are persecuting
Present perfect
I have persecuted
you have persecuted
he/she/it has persecuted
we have persecuted
you have persecuted
they have persecuted
Present perfect continuous
I have been persecuting
you have been persecuting
he/she/it has been persecuting
we have been persecuting
you have been persecuting
they have been persecuting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I persecuted
you persecuted
he/she/it persecuted
we persecuted
you persecuted
they persecuted
Past continuous
I was persecuting
you were persecuting
he/she/it was persecuting
we were persecuting
you were persecuting
they were persecuting
Past perfect
I had persecuted
you had persecuted
he/she/it had persecuted
we had persecuted
you had persecuted
they had persecuted
Past perfect continuous
I had been persecuting
you had been persecuting
he/she/it had been persecuting
we had been persecuting
you had been persecuting
they had been persecuting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will persecute
you will persecute
he/she/it will persecute
we will persecute
you will persecute
they will persecute
Future continuous
I will be persecuting
you will be persecuting
he/she/it will be persecuting
we will be persecuting
you will be persecuting
they will be persecuting
Future perfect
I will have persecuted
you will have persecuted
he/she/it will have persecuted
we will have persecuted
you will have persecuted
they will have persecuted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been persecuting
you will have been persecuting
he/she/it will have been persecuting
we will have been persecuting
you will have been persecuting
they will have been persecuting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would persecute
you would persecute
he/she/it would persecute
we would persecute
you would persecute
they would persecute
Conditional continuous
I would be persecuting
you would be persecuting
he/she/it would be persecuting
we would be persecuting
you would be persecuting
they would be persecuting
Conditional perfect
I would have persecute
you would have persecute
he/she/it would have persecute
we would have persecute
you would have persecute
they would have persecute
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been persecuting
you would have been persecuting
he/she/it would have been persecuting
we would have been persecuting
you would have been persecuting
they would have been persecuting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you persecute
we let´s persecute
you persecute
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to persecute
Past participle
persecuted
Present Participle
persecuting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERSECUTE


acute
əˈkjuːt
circumlocute
ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːt
constitute
ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːt
contribute
kənˈtrɪbjuːt
cute
kjuːt
dispute
dɪˈspjuːt
distribute
dɪˈstrɪbjuːt
electrocute
ɪˈlɛktrəˌkjuːt
elocute
ˈɛləˌkjuːt
execute
ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt
hyperacute
ˌhaɪpərəˈkjuːt
institute
ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːt
peracute
ˌpɜːrəˈkjuːt
prosecute
ˈprɒsɪˌkjuːt
reexecute
riːˈeksɪˌkjuːt
scute
skjuːt
subacute
ˌsʌbəˈkjuːt
superacute
ˌsuːpərəˈkjuːt
supercute
ˌsuːpərˈkjuːt
tribute
ˈtrɪbjuːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERSECUTE

perse
persecuted
persecutee
persecution
persecution complex
persecutive
persecutor
persecutory
Persei
Perseid
perseity
Persephone
Persepolis
Perseus
perseverance
perseverant
perseverate
perseveration
perseverative
perseverator

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERSECUTE

absolute
attribute
autoroute
brute
chute
commute
compute
en route
flute
hirsute
last-minute
minute
parachute
prostitute
repute
route
salute
statute
substitute
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Synonyms and antonyms of persecute in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERSECUTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «persecute» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of persecute

Translation of «persecute» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERSECUTE

Find out the translation of persecute to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of persecute from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «persecute» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迫害
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perseguir
570 millions of speakers

English

persecute
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सताना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَضْطَهِدُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

преследовать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perseguir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্যাতন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

persécuter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menganiaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verfolgen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

迫害する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

박해하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyiksa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngược đãi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொடுமைப்படுத்துவது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

acı çektirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perseguitare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prześladować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переслідувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a persecuta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διώκω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vervolg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förfölja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forfølge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of persecute

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSECUTE»

The term «persecute» is regularly used and occupies the 80.921 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSECUTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «persecute» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «persecute» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about persecute

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10 QUOTES WITH «PERSECUTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word persecute.
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Tammy Faye Bakker
Religious people today are courts and juries. When it comes down to it, Jesus died on the cross so that we could learn to love others like we love ourselves, not judge them or persecute them.
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Max Beckmann
What are you? What am I? Those are the questions that constantly persecute and torment me and perhaps also play some part in my art.
3
Jesus Christ
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
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Wangari Maathai
It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.
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Joseph McCabe
Any body of men who believe in hell will persecute whenever they have the power.
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Alva Myrdal
Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems.
7
Adam Rayner
Who knows - I would like to think that I'd be a fantastic president, and I'd be extremely levelheaded, and I'd be very fair, and I wouldn't persecute people, and I'd listen to the people that disagreed with me and all the rest of it, but who knows.
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Gertrude Stein
It is funny that men who are supposed to be scientific cannot get themselves to realise the basic principle of physics, that action and reaction are equal and opposite, that when you persecute people you always rouse them to be strong and stronger.
9
Julius Streicher
The Jews are a race and not a religion. My goal was not to persecute the Jews but to enlighten Gentiles to put them on guard.
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Paul Wolfowitz
It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSECUTE»

Discover the use of persecute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to persecute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Memory Verses of the Bible from A-Z
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecute (Let them be confounded that persecute me) Jeremiah 17:18 18. Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let  ...
Tracy R. Choyce, 2014
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A Concordance to the Canonical Books of the Old and New ...
8. we are psrpleami, but not in despair PERPLEXITY. Isa. 22. 5. treading down, and of p. by the Lord God Jllic. 7. 4. visitation comcth ; now shall be their p. Luke 21. 25. upon the earth distress of nations, with p. PERSECUTE. [my flesh Job 19.
‎1859
3
An Exposition with Practicall Observations Continued Upon ...
First tbns : forgon will fay, as implying a future ground, or oc- cafion,yea an urgent necessity which they should fee, and be convinced of at last to fay ,why persecute we him ? Secondly, thus Wherefore doeje say ? intimating their present action ...
Joseph Caryl, 1658
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign ...
denouncing the principle of religious persecution. Of course, Mr. Lyle, you think it not merely cruel, but actually immoral to persecute Catholics ? Lyle. Undoubtedly . Witherspoon. And of course, also, you think it immoral to persecute Protestants ...
‎1852
5
Commentary on Galatians, Luther
As if he would say, If we be the children of the promise, and born after the Spirit, we must surely look to be persecuted of our brothei', which is born after the flesh ; that is to say, not only our enemies, which are manifestly wicked, shall persecute  ...
Martin Luther, 2002
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The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old ...
:27. And Jehu followed after him, 5. And the army of the Chaldees pursued \9.And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, : 13(12). And Asa and the people., .pursued them 25. wilt thtnt pursue the dry stubble? .22. Why do ye persecute me as God, 28.
George V. Wigram, 1866
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A commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians ...: to ...
If we be the children of the promise, and born after the spirit, we must surely look totx; persecuted of our brother, which is born after the flesh, that is to say, not only our enemies, which are manifestly wicked, shall persecute us, but also such as ...
Martin Luther, 1807
8
Christ, the Life of the Soul
On the road, he is thrown from his horse and he hears a voice that says to him: ' Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'. He replies: 'Who are you, Lord?'. And the Lord says to him: 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.'2 You will notice that ...
Columba Marmion (Abbot), Alan Bancroft, 2005
9
The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the ...
For them who do now witness the same light, the same life, and the same power, which gave forth the Scriptures, which ye in words profess, them ye persecute, them ye haul out of your synagogues and markets, them ye beat, stock, and ...
William Sewel, 1844
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The history of the rise, increase and progress of the ...
For them who do now witness the same light, the same life, and the same power, which gave forth the Scriptures, which ye in words profess, them ye persecute, them ye hale out of your synagogues and markets; them ye beat, stock, and ...
William Sewel, 1834

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSECUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term persecute is used in the context of the following news items.
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Obama commits US to intensified fight against terrorists in East Africa
At Saturday's news conference, he encouraged the Kenyan government not to persecute or alienate minority groups in its efforts to crack down ... «Stars and Stripes, Jul 15»
2
Feet of clay in gov't and in religion
... corrupt in his cabinet and other offices before allowing administration “inquisitors” to “persecute” him and those in the Binay political dynasty. «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jul 15»
3
Boat Pounding And Rock Tossers ?
:Idontknow: Lanz ( Missionary in Mexico ...35 years). Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you... Matthew 5:44 :wave: Back to ... «BassResource.com, Jul 15»
4
Religious Persecution On the Rise: Minorities Under Threat in the …
A few at least nominally Christian countries persecute; however, this behavior most often reflects authoritarian politics (in former communist ... «Iran Press Watch, Jul 15»
5
Undaunted, undefeated and unstoppable
The Ministry of Home Affairs continues with its pursuit of trying to persecute us with paperwork, forcing us to respond to ridiculous charges from ... «Greenpeace International, Jul 15»
6
What Is The Difference Between Love and Lust? A Bible Study
The difference for believers is that we are told “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matt 5:44). The greatest display of ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
7
UN message to Canada: detention should be used only as a last …
The UN is also concerned that individuals from Designated Countries of Origin -- or "safe countries" that don't persecute their citizens -- have a ... «rabble.ca, Jul 15»
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Obama admin to 'review' Planned Parenthood, CMP
... to silence the freedom of the press, to persecute [senior investigator] David Daleiden, and to save their half-a-billion in taxpayer money and ... «BP News, Jul 15»
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House Dems Cry For Probe Into Group Over Planned Parenthood …
David Daleiden, the executive director of the Center for Medical Progress, called the requests an effort to “persecute” the group for their efforts. «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
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No, It's Not Your Opinion. You're Just Wrong
Education does not exist to persecute you. The misinformed are not an ethnic minority being oppressed. What's that? Planned Parenthood is ... «Houston Press, Jul 15»

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