perseverating

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adjective

Exhibiting perseveration; persisting, continuing.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of perseverate
adjectiveperseverating (comparative more perseverating, superlative most perseverating)

comparative more perseverating · superlative most perseverating

  1. Exhibiting perseveration; persisting, continuing.

    The uses in many Western languages of words meaning ‘word’ to refer to acts of speech are perseverating traces of primary orality.

    2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?, Penguin, published 2012, page 120
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APA

perseverating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perseverating

MLA

“perseverating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perseverating. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perseverating,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perseverating.

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