perpetuate


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perpetuate

save, maintain, sustain; preserve from oblivion: perpetuate a little-known opera
Not to be confused with:
perpetrate – to commit: perpetrate a crime; to present or execute in a tasteless manner: perpetrate a poor performance
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per·pet·u·ate

 (pər-pĕch′o͞o-āt′)
tr.v. per·pet·u·at·ed, per·pet·u·at·ing, per·pet·u·ates
1. To cause to continue indefinitely; make perpetual.
2. To prolong the existence of; cause to be remembered: The new library will perpetuate its founder's great love of learning.

[Latin perpetuāre, perpetuāt-, from perpetuus, continuous; see perpetual.]

per·pet′u·ance, per·pet′u·a′tion n.
per·pet′u·a′tor n.
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perpetuate

(pəˈpɛtjʊˌeɪt)
vb
(tr) to cause to continue or prevail: to perpetuate misconceptions.
[C16: from Latin perpetuāre to continue without interruption, from perpetuus perpetual]
perˌpetuˈation, perˈpetuance n
Usage: See at perpetrate
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per•pet•u•ate

(pərˈpɛtʃ uˌeɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.
to make perpetual; preserve from extinction or oblivion.
[1520–30; < Latin perpetuātus, past participle of perpetuāre, derivative of perpetuus uninterrupted. See perpetual, -ate1]
per•pet`u•a′tion, n.
per•pet′u•a`tor, n.
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perpetuate


Past participle: perpetuated
Gerund: perpetuating

Imperative
perpetuate
perpetuate
Present
I perpetuate
you perpetuate
he/she/it perpetuates
we perpetuate
you perpetuate
they perpetuate
Preterite
I perpetuated
you perpetuated
he/she/it perpetuated
we perpetuated
you perpetuated
they perpetuated
Present Continuous
I am perpetuating
you are perpetuating
he/she/it is perpetuating
we are perpetuating
you are perpetuating
they are perpetuating
Present Perfect
I have perpetuated
you have perpetuated
he/she/it has perpetuated
we have perpetuated
you have perpetuated
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Past Continuous
I was perpetuating
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he/she/it was perpetuating
we were perpetuating
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they were perpetuating
Past Perfect
I had perpetuated
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he/she/it had perpetuated
we had perpetuated
you had perpetuated
they had perpetuated
Future
I will perpetuate
you will perpetuate
he/she/it will perpetuate
we will perpetuate
you will perpetuate
they will perpetuate
Future Perfect
I will have perpetuated
you will have perpetuated
he/she/it will have perpetuated
we will have perpetuated
you will have perpetuated
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Future Continuous
I will be perpetuating
you will be perpetuating
he/she/it will be perpetuating
we will be perpetuating
you will be perpetuating
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been perpetuating
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he/she/it has been perpetuating
we have been perpetuating
you have been perpetuating
they have been perpetuating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been perpetuating
you will have been perpetuating
he/she/it will have been perpetuating
we will have been perpetuating
you will have been perpetuating
they will have been perpetuating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been perpetuating
you had been perpetuating
he/she/it had been perpetuating
we had been perpetuating
you had been perpetuating
they had been perpetuating
Conditional
I would perpetuate
you would perpetuate
he/she/it would perpetuate
we would perpetuate
you would perpetuate
they would perpetuate
Past Conditional
I would have perpetuated
you would have perpetuated
he/she/it would have perpetuated
we would have perpetuated
you would have perpetuated
they would have perpetuated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.perpetuate - cause to continue or prevail; "perpetuate a myth"
eternize - cause to continue indefinitely
preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on - keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
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perpetuate

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perpetuate

verb
To cause to last endlessly:
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Translations

perpetuate

[pəˈpetjʊeɪt] VTperpetuar
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perpetuate

[pərˈpɛtʃʊeɪt] vtperpétuer
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perpetuate

vtaufrechterhalten; memorybewahren
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perpetuate

[pəˈpɛtjʊˌeɪt] vtperpetuare
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References in classic literature ?
A strong sense of the value and blessings of union induced the people, at a very early period, to institute a federal government to preserve and perpetuate it.
To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.
Certainly vain-glory helpeth to perpetuate a man's memory; and virtue was never so beholding to human nature, as it received his due at the second hand.
Another beekeeper who has studied the life of the hive more closely says that the bee gathers pollen dust to feed the young bees and rear a queen, and that it exists to perpetuate its race.
They formed the design of a great Confederacy, which it is incumbent on their successors to improve and perpetuate. If their works betray imperfections, we wonder at the fewness of them.
Many of the small streams beyond the mountains thus perpetuate the names of unfortunate trappers that have been murdered on their banks.
He may not kill you, Sarkoja, it is not our custom, but there is nothing to prevent him tying one end of a strap about your neck and the other end to a wild thoat, merely to test your fitness to survive and help perpetuate our race.
I will perpetuate the crime and punishment by making a frightful example.
The two united to rob the untutored possessors of its wooded scenery of their native right to perpetuate its original appellation of "Horican."*
I believe your intention is to perpetuate, and not to weaken, the ties between me and my other and far dearer self.
I say adversaries, for on recalling such proud memories we should avoid the word "enemies," whose hostile sound perpetuates the antagonisms and strife of nations, so irremediable perhaps, so fateful - and also so vain.
Nor, at the time, had it failed to enter his monomaniac mind, that all the anguish of that then present suffering was but the direct issue of a former woe; and he too plainly seemed to see, that as the most poisonous reptile of the marsh perpetuates his kind as inevitably as the sweetest songster of the grove; so, equally with every felicity, all miserable events do naturally beget their like.