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Antonyms for perpetuating


Grammar : Verb
Spell : per-pech-oo-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈpɛtʃ uˌeɪt



Definition of perpetuating

Origin :
  • 1520s, a back-formation from perpetuation or else from Latin perpetuatus, past participle of perpetuare "to make perpetual," from perpetuus (see perpetual). Related: Perpetuated; Perpetuating.
  • verb keep going
Example sentences :
  • My friend, I will die, perpetuating the system under which I have lived.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • She was bravely accomplishing her task—that of perpetuating the world.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • They believe this personal patronage to be a means of perpetuating their own tenure.
  • Extract from : « Ethics in Service » by William Howard Taft
  • Marriage is the best means we've found for perpetuating and improving the race.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
  • He had set his heart on perpetuating his own name in his family.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. » by Various
  • But he had no belief in perpetuating her greatness by any grand improvements.
  • Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope
  • It is considered to be an instrument for perpetuating British Rule.
  • Extract from : « Indian Home Rule » by M. K. Gandhi
  • Such an indulgence, except for perpetuating the race, is strictly prohibited.
  • Extract from : « Indian Home Rule » by M. K. Gandhi
  • The one sustained his body while the other was perpetuating his memory.
  • Extract from : « The Every Day Book of History and Chronology » by Joel Munsell
  • He seeks the remedy in perpetuating and exaggerating what has produced the evil.
  • Extract from : « The Law » by Frdric Bastiat

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