Perseverating
//pəˈsɛvəɹeɪtɪŋ// adj, verb
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of perseverate form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Exhibiting perseveration; persisting, continuing.
"The uses in many Western languages of words meaning ‘word’ to refer to acts of speech are perseverating traces of primary orality."
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