perseverate
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /pəːˈsɛvəɹeɪt/
  • (America) IPA: /pɚˈsɛvəˌɹeɪt/
Verb

perseverate (perseverates, present participle perseverating; past and past participle perseverated)

  1. (instransitive, chiefly psychology) To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.
    • 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley 2014, p. 84:
      After perseverating for several more months, Woodrow Wilson accepted the offer.
  2. (transitive, psychology) To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response).
Synonyms


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