Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

&c adj.; unchangeableness†; constancy; stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment†, stiffness, ankylosis†, solidity, aplomb. establishment, fixture; rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, Ethiopia's skin. permanence &c 141; obstinacy &c 606. V. be firm &c adj.; stick fast; stand firm, keep firm, remain firm; weather the storm, stay the course, stick to the course, keep the faith, don't give in, don't buckle under. settle, establish, stablish†, ascertain, fix, set, stabilitate†; retain, keep hold; make good, make sure; fasten &c (join) 43; set on its legs, float; perpetuate. settle down; strike roots, put down roots, take root; take up one's abode &c 184; build one's house on a rock. Adj. unchangeable, immutable; unaltered, unalterable; not to be changed, constant; permanent &c 141; invariable, undeviating; stable, durable; perennial &c (diuturnal) 110 [Obs.]. fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced; confirmed, valid; fiducial†; immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted; settled, established &c v.; vested; incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable. tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock; firmly seated, firmly established &c v.; deep-rooted, ineradicable; inveterate; obstinate &c 606. transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded. [movable object rendered unmovable] stuck, jammed; unremovable; quiescent &c 265; deterioration &c 659. indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable†, incommutable†, irresoluble†, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless†, inextinguishable, irreducible; indissoluble, indissolvable†; indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous†; insusceptible, insusceptible of change. Int. stet. Phr. littera scripta manet [Lat.]. Present Events