Perpetuating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perpetuate \Per*pet"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perpetuated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Perpetuating}.] [L. perpetuatus, p. p. of
     perpetuare to perpetuate. See {Perpetual}.]
     To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued,
     indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to
     eternize. --Addison. --Burke.


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