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to perpetuate
01
to make something, typically a problem or an undesirable situation, continue for an extended or prolonged period
Transitive: to perpetuate a situation
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
perpetuate
3rd person singular
perpetuates
Present participle
perpetuating
Past simple
perpetuated
Past participle
perpetuated
Examples
Historic sites help perpetuate the memory of past events for future generations.
Lexical Tree
perpetual
perpetuation
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