Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cause to continue indefinitely; make perpetual.
- transitive verb To prolong the existence of; cause to be remembered.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Made perpetual; continued through the ages, or for an indefinite time; recurring continuously; continually repeated or reiterated.
- To make perpetual; cause to endure or to continue or be continued indefinitely; preserve from failure, extinction, or oblivion: as, to
perpetuate the remembrance of a great event or of an illustrious character.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize.
- adjective rare Made perpetual; perpetuated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make
perpetual . - verb transitive To
prolong theexistence of.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cause to continue or prevail
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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One of the great lies that President Obama continues to try to perpetuate is to say that
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One of the great lies that President Obama continues to try to perpetuate is to say that
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One of the great lies that President Obama continues to try to perpetuate is to say that
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The problem with ransoms, of course, is that every time a ransom is paid it does kind of perpetuate the problem of piracy.
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The problem with ransoms, of course, is that every time a ransom is paid it does kind of perpetuate the problem of piracy.
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I think the possibilities of a Blade Runner sequel story are endless and why not "perpetuate" possible rumors; it helps stimulate the imagination.
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Promoted to Headline (H2) on 2/8/09: Politics and revolution merely "perpetuate" the Beast.
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Nothing could be more absurd since politics and religion suicidally "perpetuate" the problem.
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OpEdNews - Article: Politics and revolution merely "perpetuate" the Beast.
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