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perseverate

 
Dictionary: per·sev·er·ate   (pər-sĕv'ə-rāt') pronunciation
intr.v. Psychology, -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
To manifest or experience perseveration.

[Back-formation from PERSEVERATION.]

perseverative per·sev'er·a'tive adj.

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The verb has one meaning:

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


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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - holde ud

Nederlands (Dutch)
iets overmatig herhalen/blijven doen

Français (French)
v. intr. - persévérer

Deutsch (German)
v. - lange anhalten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επανέρχομαι κατά συχνά διαστήματα

Italiano (Italian)
perseverare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - perseverar

Русский (Russian)
упорствовать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - perseverar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vara länge

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不断重复, 持续, 表现固执

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 不斷重複, 持續, 表現固執

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 이상하게 오래 행동하다, (이상한) 반복 행동을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 異常に長く行動する, 反復行動をする, 固執する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدأب, يواظب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮המשיך בפעולה זמן ארוך ביותר, נטה להאריך או לחזור על תגובה לאחר שהגירוי לכך פסק (פסיכולוגיה)‬


 
 

 

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