Word Study
perseverate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb perseverate has 1 sense
- perseverate(v = verb.communication) Array - psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus; "The subjects in this study perseverated" is one way to ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell
Derived form noun perseveration2
Sample sentence:
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
perseverate, v.intr.
1 continue action etc. for an unusually or excessively long time.
2 Psychol. tend to prolong or repeat a response after the original stimulus has ceased.
1 continue action etc. for an unusually or excessively long time.
2 Psychol. tend to prolong or repeat a response after the original stimulus has ceased.
Derivative
perseveration n.
Etymology
L perseverare (as PERSEVERE)
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