Perseverate
[pər-SEV-ə-reyt]
Part of speech: verb
Origin: English, 20th century
1.
Repeat or prolong an action, thought, or utterance after the stimulus that prompted it has ceased.
Examples of Perseverate in a sentence
"Though Cassie has been out of birdseed for two months, the birds outside her window perseverate in hanging around her feeder."
"Even when baseball season is over, I perseverate in reading MLB news ahead of next season’s spring training."
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