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Verb: perseverate  pu'se-vu`reyt
  1. Psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus
    "The subjects in this study perseverated"

Derived forms: perseverates, perseverated, perseverating

See also: perseveration

Type of: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell

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