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Perseverate

//pɚˈsɛvəˌɹeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended. intransitive

    "After perseverating for several more months, Woodrow Wilson accepted the offer."

  2. 2
    repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response). transitive

Etymology

Back-formation from perseveration. Doublet of persevere.

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