perseverate

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.
2. verb To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response).

Similar words

perservere persevere keep at keep on persist perpetuate plug stick to carry through hold on

Often followed by

on in and with over the about or

Word family

perseverated perseverates perseverating perseverative