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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Fixed or unchanging; steady.
  2. adj. Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving. See Synonyms at faithful.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Firm; firmly fixed or established in place or position.
  2. Firm; unyielding; unwavering; constant; resolute.
  3. Steady; unwavering; concentered.
  4. Synonyms Stanch, stable, unflinching.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Fixed or unchanging; steady.
  2. adj. Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.
  2. adj. Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  2. adj. firm and dependable especially in loyalty

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English stedefast which in turn comes from Old English stedefæst. It is comprised of two parts: stede (“stead, place”) + -fæst (“fixed”). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English stedefast, from Old English stedefæst : stede, place; see stead + fæst, fixed, fast; see past- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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