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Obstinat, a. Also: obstinate, -ayt, -et, obstynate, obystynate, obstienat; abstinat. [ME. (Rolle) and e.m.E. obstynat(e, obstinat(e, L. obstināt-us.]

1. Obstinate, obdurate, stubborn, inflexible, persistent.Chiefly in an unfavourable sense.

a. Of persons.(a) c1420 Wynt. vi. 1513.
Be yhe noucht sa obstynate Till hendyre or supprys my state 1436–7 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I. 5.
Quha beis obstinate or inobedient to the fulfilling of this ordnance salbe compellit [etc.] a1500 Henr. III. 171/27.
Age is obystynate a1538 Abell 23 b.
Thai beand obstinayt … he waistit all befoir him Ib. 41 a.
Attell … obstinat in his malice 1533 Bell. Livy I. 124/13.
And fra he saw hir obstinate and wald nocht inclyne to his desiris by manassing & terroure of the deith 1549 Compl. 24 h. of ch.
Contrar obstinat vicius pepill Ib. 139/33.
He that is … maist obstinat contrar raison c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2557. 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 21.
That the obstinate Hamiltones … suld be punised 1573 St. A. Kirk S. 376.
Ane papist unrecantit and obstinet 1578 Misc. Abbotsf. C. 46.
Aganis the willfull stubburne and obstinat 1581 Burne in Cath. Tr. (S.T.S.) 140/15.
Thou art ane obstinat stif-nekkit papist 1584 Sempill Sat. P. xlv. 108. 1593 Acts IV. 16/2.(b) 1560 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 102.
Sa lang as thai remane abstinat 1561 Ib. 107.

b. Of actions, states of mind or characters of persons. 1533 Bell. Livy I. 38/34.
Quhidder he wald fle or persevere in obstinate bargane Ib. II. 8/17.
Appius … past with obstinate mynde to iugement Ib. I. 162/15. 1560 Bk. Disc. 231.
The personis that for obstinat impenitence are publictlie excommunicat 1562-3 Winȝet I. 8/17.
In obstinat stubbirnes Ib. II. 54/30.
Obstinat vnschamefulnes 1558-66 Knox I. 371.
Her obstinat malice against His treuth 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 23.
Thair obstinat hicht a1578 Pitsc. I. 103/18.
Wtheris … desollvit his obstienat mynd in sic wickitnes Ib. /31.
The Earle of Douglas obstinat and wilfull dissobedience

c. Of a disease. 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 169/528.
Of those so obstinat euillis

2. Unyielding, inflexibly reluctant (to do something). 1619 Perth Kirk S. MS. 19 Jan.
James Corbie … ordane to pay xx s. of penaltie, and becaus he wes obstinat to do the same [etc.]

3. ? Erron.: Difficult of access, remote. 1615 Bk. Islay 350.
Thay … fled away and are secritlie in some obstinat place