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PERPETUATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they perpetuate ... he / she / it perpetuates
Past simple: perpetuated
Past participle: perpetuated
-ing form: perpetuating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to continue or prevail
Example:
perpetuate a myth
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "perpetuate" is one way to...):
bear on; carry on; continue; preserve; uphold (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "perpetuate"):
eternize (cause to continue indefinitely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
perpetuation (the act of prolonging something)
