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What is the verb for perseverance?

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perseverate
  1. (psychology) To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.
  2. (psychology) To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response).
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  4. Examples:
    1. “After the intense thunderstorm had passed, she would perseverate on recounting the experience to everyone she encountered.”
      “Volatility led industry analysts to perseverate on production updates that overshadowed the numbers.”
      “Some critics seemed to perseverate on the movie's lack of followthrough in fleshing out the religious and philosophical undertones it introduced.”
persevere
  1. To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They find it intolerable to think that sentient beings as gross as we are will doltishly persevere.”
      “If the firefighters persevere with their eight-day strike this week, then matters could escalate rapidly.”
      “I wondered if he thought he was going to die, or be herded onto the boxcars to die later in the gas chambers, or if he knew he would persevere.”
perseverating
persevering
persever
  1. Obsolete form of persevere.
perseverates
perseveres
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of persevere
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Their commanding officer perseveres forward, but finds himself betrayed by a non-com concerned with self-salvation alone.”
      “His servants throw the rooster into a well, a fire and a beehive, but the rooster perseveres.”
      “But Mr Hatch perseveres with tailored dark suit, snow-white shirt and perfectly-knotted tie.”
persevers
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of persever
perseverated
persevered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of persevere
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  3. Examples:
    1. “However, the intrepid duo persevered and the free-will gifts eventually got bagged.”
      “He persevered and made good in 1941 when, like so many other funny men, he became a resident comic at the famous Windmill Theatre in London.”
      “Like the sharecropper, she persevered in her work against all odds of success.”
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