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per·pet·u·ate

   [per-pech-oo-eyt]
verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
1.
to make perpetual.
2.
to preserve from extinction or oblivion: to perpetuate one's name.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin perpetuātus (past participle of perpetuāre, derivative of perpetuus uninterrupted). See perpetual, -ate1

Related forms
per·pet·u·a·ble, adjective
per·pet·u·a·tion, per·pet·u·ance  [per-pech-oo-uhns] , noun
per·pet·u·a·tor, noun
non·per·pet·u·ance, noun
non·per·pet·u·a·tion, noun
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un·per·pet·u·a·ble, adjective
un·per·pet·u·at·ed, adjective
un·per·pet·u·at·ing, adjective
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Can be confused: perpetrate, perpetuate.

Synonyms
2. save, maintain, sustain.

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Example Sentences
  • The lawsuit claims that the culprit is the state's perpetuation of unlawful practices.
  • The book articulates the problems surrounding color blindness and the perpetuation of racism via a rhetoric of racelessness.
  • The people who administer the system, the heirs of those who devised it, stand to gain enormously from its perpetuation.
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World English Dictionary
perpetuate (pəˈpɛtjʊˌeɪt)
 
—vb
(tr) to cause to continue or prevail: to perpetuate misconceptions
 
[C16: from Latin perpetuāre to continue without interruption, from perpetuusperpetual]
 
 
perpetu'ation
 
—n

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perpetuate
1520s, from pp. stem of L. perpetuare, from perpetuus (see perpetual).
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