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Definition of Diligent

Diligent
Diligent Dil"i*gent, a. [F. diligent, L. diligens, -entis, p. pr. of diligere, dilectum, to esteem highly, prefer; di- = dis- + legere to choose. See Legend.] 1. Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent. The judges shall make diligent inquisition. --Deut. xix. 18. 2. Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings. --Prov. xxii. 29. Diligent cultivation of elegant literature. --Prescott. Syn: Active; assiduous; sedulous; laborious; persevering; attentive; industrious.

Meaning of Diligent from wikipedia

- and that the support of parents and educators encourages students to be diligent. Other factors that encourage student diligence include motivation, discipline...
- Diligent Corporation is a software as a service company that enables groups to share and collaborate information for board meetings. Headquartered in New...
- Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat...
- HMS Diligent (or Diligente). HMS Diligent (1770) was an 8-gun schooner purchased in March 1770 that the Americans captured in 1775. HMS Diligent (1776)...
- The Diligent: A Voyage Through the Worlds of the Slave Trade is a 2002 book by Robert W. Harms in which he offers a history of slave trade from 1731 onward...
- Diligent was a hired armed cutter of the Royal Navy which served in the French Revolutionary Wars. She was a small vessel, of 44 tons (bm) and six 2-pounder...
- French Navy have been named Diligent: French ship Diligent (1763), launched in 1763 and broken up in 1780. French corvette Diligent (1781), launched in 1775...
- HMS Diligent was a brig the Royal Navy purchased in 1777. The Continental Navy captured her in May 1779 and took her into service as the USS Diligent. She...
- The Blue Shirts Society (BSS)(藍衣社), also known as the Society of Practice of the Three Principles of the People (Chinese: 三民主義力行社, commonly abbreviated...
- Diligent River is a rural community in ****berland County, Nova Scotia. West of the town of Parrsboro, it shares its name with a river that makes up its...