perseverate

Back-formation from perseveration.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəːˈsɛvəɹeɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsɛvəˌɹeɪt/

perseverate (third-person singular simple present perseverates, present participle perseverating, simple 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).

• obsesses (excess attention or obsession)
• keep on (to repeat)
• harp (to repeat; verb)

• perseveration
• perseveratory

perseverate

1. inflection of perseverare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

perseverate f pl

1. feminine plural of perseverato

persevērāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of persevērō