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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
perseverate .
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Examples
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This is nothing more than a pot-shot from someone who would've perseverated the discord.
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Once, on a trip to visit my husband's parents in Atlanta, I perseverated for hours over whether, upon landing at Hartsfield Airport, we ought to go directly to his parents 'home or stop by and visit a friend first and risk being late.
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Once, on a trip to visit my husband's parents in Atlanta, I perseverated for hours over whether, upon landing at Hartsfield Airport, we ought to go directly to his parents 'home or stop by and visit a friend first and risk being late.
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Unfortunately, the argument is made with such perseverated, autistic-like frequency that even politicians on the Democratic side feel pressured to echo the same sentiments, though sugar-coated catchphrases fully acessorized with vague, impotent reassurances.
Jeanine Molloff: The Character Issue, FISA and The Constitution 2008
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Republicans and the shouting class of Falstaffian blowhards -- minus Sir John's winning charm -- perseverated on Bill Ayers and socialism, "domestic terrorists" and dark meetings, and they crapped out.
Kerry Candaele: Barack Obama And Sam Cooke on Election Night 2008
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Also, it is important to note that even in the non-social condition, nearly half of the infants perseverated anyway.
What Babies Pay Attention To josh 2008
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Republicans and the shouting class of Falstaffian blowhards -- minus Sir John's winning charm -- perseverated on Bill Ayers and socialism, "domestic terrorists" and dark meetings, and they crapped out.
Kerry Candaele: Barack Obama Channels Sam Cooke on Election Night 2008
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Also, it is important to note that even in the non-social condition, nearly half of the infants perseverated anyway.
Archive 2008-10-01 josh 2008
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A common perseverated response is for the patient to fold the paper in fourths or eighths.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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If, following a request to do a new task, he continues to perform the earlier requested action, he has perseverated.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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