Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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perseverate \per-SEV-uh-reyt\, intransitive verb:
perseverate \per-SEV-uh-reyt\, intransitive verb:
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1. To involuntarily repeat a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder.
1. To involuntarily repeat a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder.
2. To repeat something insistently or redundantly.
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When the B.O. gets off of the teleprompter, he typically perseverates with "Uh, Uh, Uh"!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Perseverate is a back formation of perseveration from Middle French perseveration from Old French and classical Latin persevertiōn-, singular of persevērātiō.
Perseverate is a back formation of perseveration from Middle French perseveration from Old French and classical Latin persevertiōn-, singular of persevērātiō.
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