Verb (used without object), : to perseverate in reminding children of their responsibilities.    From Dictionary.com. 

This propensity to perseverate is sometimes self-destructive, as when I am unable to stop practicing a single piece on the piano or to quit solitaire, but.    From Wordnik.com.  [George A. Akerlof - Autobiography] Reference

We can't gossip, or defend, or perseverate or become bitter or ANYTHING.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Need Only to Be Still] Reference

We perseverate instead, and cannot resolve the conflict or make decisions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chemistry of Calm] Reference

I simply must purge the disgust, lest I perseverate on those haunting images.    From Wordnik.com.  [OMG!] Reference

Or is it just one of those cases where they pick a scapegoat and perseverate?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Over the Edge] Reference

Uneasiness may perseverate, developing into intractable feelings that seem insurmountable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jessica Zucker, Ph.D.: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Postpartum Depression] Reference

Will be able to keep us in war endlessly because he is the kind of person who will perseverate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Big Lie] Reference

Why am I so clueless about stuff like this, and why do I perseverate on these sorts of trivial details?.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Bright Star (1B*) Reignited] Reference

And I'm not going to perseverate —or proliferate any programmatic perorations — about the proper spelling of "doughnut.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Drive-by photography — L.A.] Reference

"Journalists" seeking to perseverate the entire "controversy" by asking him if he thinks it will continue to be a distraction?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sanford says it's time to move on, pressed on no wedding ring] Reference

Hopefully, having written this will discharge my need to perseverate over book covers—at least until the next installment of Jacket Whys sets me off again….    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Covers, My Pretties...] Reference

She also felt a great deal -- or so it appears to be, she felt a great deal of guilt, shame and humiliation, and we know, we know those feelings, those emotions cause long-term damage, and they ruminate, they perseverate in the person ` s brain, especially when they don ` t have any way to talk about it or any sense of support.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2006] Reference

Do not perseverate -- especially when it's stuff you cannot change.    From Wordnik.com.  [a little red hen] Reference

The minute I think I can't enjoy my favorite snack, I perseverate about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [That's Fit] Reference

They perseverate on video games and other items - but so do many boys (and girls).    From Wordnik.com.  [About.com Autism] Reference

Then, when in the waiting room, I started to perseverate in little "sighing sounds.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Patient Anonymous: Just Another Head Case] Reference

Contrast this with ruminators, who perseverate on their feelings without taking action.    From Wordnik.com.  [Positive Psychology News Daily] Reference

As any parent of an autistic child knows, the tendency of our kids to perseverate is a fact of life.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brett's Waste Blog » Autism] Reference

He has never shown any interest in clothes, clothing or fashion, whilst his little brother has an entirely different set of motivations that perseverate upon texture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autism Hub] Reference

It's tempting to perseverate about the corruption, the pollution, the traffic, some crime, the conflict with the Palestinians for which there is no possible solution at present.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israel Hasbara Committee] Reference

What I've come up with, in a nutshell, is this: perseverate is bad, keeping at something for no real purpose persevere is good, keeping at something in pursuit of a meaningful goal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brett's Waste Blog » Autism] Reference

Instead of playing with toys in imaginative or symbolic ways, such as pretending a doll is really their baby, they may perseverate or obsess over objects, use them for self-stimulation, and become entirely self-absorbed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The OBSERVER] Reference

His self-published writings perseverate on conspiracy after conspiracy theory, which to my mind, puts him squarely in the secular category of old guys on bar stools discussing the latest exciting "horrible-thing-that-isn't true.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moderate Voice] Reference

Banality aside, let's correct the term 'we' as well as turn this phrase into a poignant indictment: "The global elite are starving a billion people to death, and tearing apart the planet's tapestry of life in order to perseverate in their industrio-psychopathy.".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Babies are known to perseverate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference

He begins to perseverate, to obsess on it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2007] Reference

He tends to wander and perseverate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Family Room] Reference