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    per·pet·u·ate
    [pərˈpeCHəˌwāt]
    verb
    perpetuate (verb) · perpetuates (third person present) · perpetuated (past tense) · perpetuated (past participle) · perpetuating (present participle)
    1. make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely:
      "the law perpetuated the interests of the ruling class"
      • preserve (something valued) from oblivion or extinction:
        "how did these first humans survive to perpetuate the species?"
    Origin
    early 16th century: from Latin perpetuat- ‘made permanent’, from the verb perpetuare, from perpetuus ‘continuing throughout’ (see perpetual).
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    verb
    1. make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely:
      keep going
      preserve
      conserve
      sustain
      maintain
      continue
      extend
      carry on
      keep up
      prolong
      immortalize
      commemorate
      memorialize
      eternalize
      eternize
      keep alive
      keep in existence
      cause to continue
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