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" The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence."
Alcee Hastings

Meaning of "perpetuate" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERPETUATE

From Latin perpetuāre to continue without interruption, from perpetuusperpetual.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PERPETUATE

pəˈpɛtjʊˌeɪt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERPETUATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perpetuate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb perpetuate in English.

WHAT DOES PERPETUATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of perpetuate in the English dictionary

The definition of perpetuate in the dictionary is to cause to continue or prevail.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PERPETUATE

PRESENT

Present
I perpetuate
you perpetuate
he/she/it perpetuates
we perpetuate
you perpetuate
they perpetuate
Present continuous
I am perpetuating
you are perpetuating
he/she/it is perpetuating
we are perpetuating
you are perpetuating
they are perpetuating
Present perfect
I have perpetuated
you have perpetuated
he/she/it has perpetuated
we have perpetuated
you have perpetuated
they have perpetuated
Present perfect continuous
I have been perpetuating
you have been perpetuating
he/she/it has been perpetuating
we have been perpetuating
you have been perpetuating
they have been perpetuating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I perpetuated
you perpetuated
he/she/it perpetuated
we perpetuated
you perpetuated
they perpetuated
Past continuous
I was perpetuating
you were perpetuating
he/she/it was perpetuating
we were perpetuating
you were perpetuating
they were perpetuating
Past perfect
I had perpetuated
you had perpetuated
he/she/it had perpetuated
we had perpetuated
you had perpetuated
they had perpetuated
Past perfect continuous
I had been perpetuating
you had been perpetuating
he/she/it had been perpetuating
we had been perpetuating
you had been perpetuating
they had been perpetuating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will perpetuate
you will perpetuate
he/she/it will perpetuate
we will perpetuate
you will perpetuate
they will perpetuate
Future continuous
I will be perpetuating
you will be perpetuating
he/she/it will be perpetuating
we will be perpetuating
you will be perpetuating
they will be perpetuating
Future perfect
I will have perpetuated
you will have perpetuated
he/she/it will have perpetuated
we will have perpetuated
you will have perpetuated
they will have perpetuated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been perpetuating
you will have been perpetuating
he/she/it will have been perpetuating
we will have been perpetuating
you will have been perpetuating
they will have been perpetuating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would perpetuate
you would perpetuate
he/she/it would perpetuate
we would perpetuate
you would perpetuate
they would perpetuate
Conditional continuous
I would be perpetuating
you would be perpetuating
he/she/it would be perpetuating
we would be perpetuating
you would be perpetuating
they would be perpetuating
Conditional perfect
I would have perpetuate
you would have perpetuate
he/she/it would have perpetuate
we would have perpetuate
you would have perpetuate
they would have perpetuate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been perpetuating
you would have been perpetuating
he/she/it would have been perpetuating
we would have been perpetuating
you would have been perpetuating
they would have been perpetuating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you perpetuate
we let´s perpetuate
you perpetuate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to perpetuate
Past participle
perpetuated
Present Participle
perpetuating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERPETUATE

acuate · attenuate · continuate · disambiguate · effectuate · evacuate · evaluate · extenuate · fluctuate · habituate · individuate · infatuate · insinuate · interpunctuate · punctuate · situate · superannuate · toluate · tumultuate · valuate

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERPETUATE

perpetration · perpetrator · perpetuable · perpetual · perpetual check · perpetual debenture · perpetual inventory · perpetual motion · perpetual motion of the first kind · perpetual motion of the second kind · perpetual spinach · perpetualism · perpetualist · perpetuality · perpetually · perpetuance · perpetuation · perpetuator · perpetuities · perpetuity

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERPETUATE

accentuate · actuate · adequate · antiquate · arcuate · college graduate · eluate · equate · eventuate · fructuate · graduate · inadequate · menstruate · mispunctuate · overaccentuate · postgraduate · re-evaluate · reactuate · resituate · undergraduate

Synonyms and antonyms of perpetuate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERPETUATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «perpetuate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «perpetuate» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PERPETUATE

Find out the translation of perpetuate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of perpetuate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «perpetuate» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

使继续 >
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

perpetuar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

perpetuate
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

यादगार बनाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تديم
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

увековечить
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

perpetuar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

চিরস্থায়ী করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

perpétuer
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mengekalkan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

bewahren
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

永続させる
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

영속시키다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Terus-terusan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm cho lâu dài
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நிலைத்த
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

चिरस्थायी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

sürdürmek
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

perpetuare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

utrwalają
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

увічнити
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

perpetua
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαιωνίζουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voortbestaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

viga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hevde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perpetuate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERPETUATE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of perpetuate
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about perpetuate

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «PERPETUATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word perpetuate.
1
David Josiah Brewer
The phonograph and kinetoscope may some day seize and perpetuate all save the magnetic touch, but that weird, illusive, indefinable yet wonderfully real power by which the orator subdues may never be caught by science or preserved for the cruel dissecting knife of the critic.
2
Arthur Capper
If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens - men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls.
3
Connie Chung
As the youngest, I wanted to be my father's son and perpetuate the family name.
4
Richard Eberhart
Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive.
5
Jane Elliot
Education in this country is about how to maintain the status quo and to perpetuate racism.
6
Alcee Hastings
The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence.
7
Barbara Kruger
Women's art, political art - those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality which I'm resistant to. But I absolutely define myself as a feminist.
8
Joseph de Maistre
False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.
9
Malcolm Muggeridge
The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
10
Jean O'Leary
Our invisibility is the essence of our oppression. And until we eliminate that invisibility, people are going to be able to perpetuate the lies and myths about gay people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERPETUATE»

Discover the use of perpetuate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perpetuate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Improve, perfect & perpetuate: Dr. Nathan Smith and early ...
This is the first full-scale biography of Nathan Smith -- medical pioneer, founder of Dartmouth Medical School and cofounder of three other medical schools (Yale, Vermont, and Bowdoin), and progenitor of a long line of physicians.
Oliver S. Hayward (M.D.), Oliver S. Hayward, Constance E. Putnam, 1998
2
The Family Constitution: Agreements to Secure and Perpetuate ...
Designed for families planning to draft such an agreement, families deciding whether or not to begin the process, and those that have already established a family agreement, this book illustrates the fundamental components and their ...
Daniela Montemerlo, John L. Ward, 2011
3
If We Would Perpetuate the Republic We Must Defend and ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
William D. (William Darrah) Kelley, 2012
4
Institutional Racism: Is Law Used as a Tool to Perpetuate ...
Law is a mechanism we use to instigate social change and bring about equality.
Cheryl Chambers, 2008
5
Silent racism: how well-meaning white people perpetuate the ...
This book provides readers with rich empirical data, a strong theoretical foundation, and applied tools for teaching and social change.
Barbara Trepagnier, 2010
6
An Analytical Digest of the Equity Cases Decided in the ...
Trabue, 2 Bibb, 444. 44. This court will entertain a bill for a discovery, and to perpetuate evidence, in aid of a defence to an action at law on a contract, although the discovery and evidence are to establish that the contract was void, as corrupt, ...
Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, Ebenezer Burke Harrington, 1837
7
Crippled at the starting gate: the graduate schools created ...
In Crippled at the Starting Gate, Robert Leslie Fisher argues that the United States needs an education bill, much like the G.I. Bill passed after World War II, to send more Americans to graduate school in the sciences and engineering.
Robert Leslie Fisher, 2009
8
Deposition Dissection: A Handbook for Doctors Facing Deposition
In that instance, a deposition to perpetuate testimony is taken early on to preserve testimony until a time that the lawsuit can be filed. Depositions to perpetuate testimony may also be taken if a plaintiff's attorney wants to investigate the case ...
Susanne Moore, 2005
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A Treatise on the Practice of the Court of Chancery: With an ...
a bill against the persons who will be benefitted by the loss, to examine tie witnesses and perpetuate their testimony. (a) The sole object of such a bill is to assist other courts, and to preserve evidence to prevent future litigation. (6) In order to ...
Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, 1844
10
Commentaries on Equity Pleadings, and the Incidents Thereof: ...
perpetuate the testimony. But if the defendant make answer to the bill as first presented, he cannot after the same is amended and new points of inquiry presented, plead to the amended bill, that since the filing of the original bill the plaintiff had ...
Joseph Story, Isaac Fletcher Redfield, 1870

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERPETUATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perpetuate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hanging garden over Tel Aviv highway: a tale of two cities
The plan will only perpetuate the disconnect between the two banks ... Givatayim further east – the planners have chosen to perpetuate the rift. «Haaretz, Jul 15»
2
A Championship Quarterback Gets Political
I'm not saying you have to agree with the athlete's view, but the outright disregard serves no purpose except to perpetuate ignorance. Leaders ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
3
The Ad That Cracked China's Infertility Taboo
China's so-called one-child policy places a unique burden on couples to honor the deeply held cultural and familial obligation to perpetuate a ... «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»
4
The stats guru helping keep alive football history in Australia
Rather than perpetuate the notion that football has two separate competitions, there is a desire to merge the statistical history into one ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
UNC grad donates collages to fight freshmen homesickness
He said family photos could help some homesick students, but to others, they could be from immersion in the present could serve to perpetuate ... «The Daily Tar Heel, Jul 15»
6
Falsifying History on Behalf Of Agendas. “US Civil War was about …
Constant charges of racism can both create and perpetuate racism, just as the constant propaganda out of Washington is creating ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
7
State of our nation in 2015
... freely used by its allies to perpetuate political patronage. It engages in the selective prosecution of its enemies but conveniently overlooks the ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
8
Day 3: Police search ponds, woods and neighborhoods for missing …
But the mistake that happened that night doesn't need to continue to perpetuate,” said Hackney, adding that such a mistake “can be rectified by ... «Florida Times-Union, Jul 15»
9
Politicians, others urge President to pardon Yakub
"Given the highly compromised rule of law credentials of TADA, executing Yakub Memon will perpetuate the dark legacy of this law," they said. «onmanorama, Jul 15»
10
Can a Dear Cal letter get you into Berkeley?
Despite his firm belief in affirmative action, Laird dislikes the new policy because he believes it will actually “perpetuate disadvantage.” That's ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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