"perseverate" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley, published 2014, page 84",
          "text": "After perseverating for several more months, Woodrow Wilson accepted the offer.",
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        "To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended."
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        "(intransitive, chiefly psychology) To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended."
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          "sense": "to repeat or continue a pattern",
          "word": "steeds weerkeren"
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        "To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response)."
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        "(transitive, psychology) To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response)."
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          "_dis1": "27 73",
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          "sense": "behaviour of exclusive and lasting obsession to a detail others consider minor",
          "word": "volharden volhouden"
        }
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      "word": "obsesses"
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      "english": "to repeat",
      "word": "keep on"
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      "word": "harp"
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        "(intransitive, chiefly psychology) To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended."
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        "(transitive, psychology) To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response)."
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  "synonyms": [
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      "english": "excess attention or obsession",
      "word": "obsesses"
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      "word": "keep on"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "behaviour of exclusive and lasting obsession to a detail others consider minor",
      "word": "volharden volhouden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to repeat or continue a pattern",
      "word": "steeds weerkeren"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perseverate"
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