PERSEVERATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does perseverate mean? 

• PERSEVERATE (verb)
  The verb PERSEVERATE has 1 sense:

1. psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus

  Familiarity information: PERSEVERATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERSEVERATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they perseverate    ... he / she / it perseverates   
Past simple: perseverated   
Past participle: perseverated   
-ing form: perseverating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The subjects in this study perseverated

Hypernyms (to "perseverate" is one way to...):

ingeminate; iterate; reiterate; repeat; restate; retell (to say, state, or perform again)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

perseveration (the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior)