perseverate
verbUK /pəːˈsɛvəɹeɪt/ · US /pɚˈsɛvəˌɹeɪt/
Etymology Back-formation from perseveration. Doublet of persevere.
1
Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.
- After perseverating for several more months, Woodrow Wilson accepted the offer.2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley, published 2014, page 84:
2
Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response).
- Derived terms
- perseverator
- Related terms
- perseveration, perseveratory