perseverate
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
perseverate (perseverates, present participle perseverating; past and past participle perseverated)
- (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.
- 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley 2014, p. 84:
- (transitive, psychology) To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response).
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