单词 | perpetuate |
释义 | perpetuateadj. In later use archaic and poetic. Perpetual. Frequently as past participle: perpetuated. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adjective] > made perpetual perpetuate1503 perpetuated1632 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 32 Preamble The wele suertie and comfort perpetuat of theym ther heires and successours. a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 59 (MED) Fermentacions in dyvers manners bene done, By whiche our medecine muste be perpetuate. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. i. 24 The trees and flowers remain By Nature's care perpetuate and self-sown. a1900 E. Dowson Poet. Wks. (1934) i. 54 O could this moment be perpetuate! Must we grow old, and leaden-eyed and gray? 1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 134 To be perpetuate for my mightiness Sculpture must image me when I am gone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). perpetuatev. 1. a. transitive. To cause to continue or endure indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to make perpetual. In recent use also: spec. to cause (an idea, a myth, etc.) to endure by frequent reiteration, to reinforce. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > eternity [verb (transitive)] > make eternal or render timeless perpetuate1530 immortalize?1566 eternish1589 eternizec1595 eternify1610 eternalize1847 detemporalize1914 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > make permanent [verb (transitive)] perpetuate1530 permanentize1919 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement (1852) 656/1 I am contented to contynue it for my tyme, but to perpetuate it lyeth nat in my power. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iii. 152 He iudged it was a better meane to perpetuat his greatnes. 1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated 5 For we see all things are..perpetuated by generation in their species. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 50. 320 The Memory of a Benefactor..may be perpetuated by erecting Statues, &c. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 14 The most perfect Cherubim in Heaven, to perpetuate and eternise its Happiness, must [etc.] 1806 T. Jefferson Let. 5 July (1984) 1166 They are the suggestions of hostile traders, always wishing to embroil us with the Indians, to perpetuate their own extortionate commerce. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iv. 62 It perpetuated the name, the language, the literature, such as it then was, of Rome. 1968 P. Brook Empty Space i. 20 Actors..do everything to perpetuate the notion that style is a rare something that a few..possess. 1989 E. S. Person Love & Fateful Encounters ii. 51 Desire is perpetuated by the elusiveness of its object. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue bidec893 lastOE through-wonOE ylasta1000 standOE runOE lastlOE beleavec1200 abidec1275 cleavec1275 durec1275 dwell13.. endurec1386 perseverec1390 continuec1400 contunec1400 tarrya1450 remainc1455 perdure?a1475 rest1474 permanec1485 succeed1486 perpetuate1530 persist1531 demur1547 perduratea1558 weara1568 to hold it out1585 to hold out1585 abye1590 contain1592 live1592 perennate1623 to draw overa1700 exist1754 linger1764 to hang it out1939 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 656/1 I perpetuate, I contynue a thing for ever. 1894 E. Fawcett New Nero ii. 26 That soulless and mysterious will-to-live, which for ever creates, protects, and perpetuates. c. transitive. Law. to perpetuate testimony: to preserve testimony which is in danger of being lost before the matter to which it relates can be made the subject of judicial process. ΚΠ 1726 Compl. Clerk in Court 111 Wills are oftentimes prov'd in this Court, by exhibiting a Bill against the Heir at Law, and proceeding to examine the witnesses thereto, whereby to perpetuate their testimony. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xxvii. 450 If witnesses to a disputable fact are old and infirm, it is very usual to file a bill to perpetuate the testimony of those witnesses. 1885 Dict. National Biogr. at Berkeley, Family of In 1801, in a suit to perpetuate testimony, the earl made a deposition giving full particulars concerning the Berkeley ceremony. 1903 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 2 378 An action was brought to perpetuate testimony concerning the validity of the marriage of the plaintiff's mother. 1994 J. I. H. Jacob Supreme Court Pract. 1995 I. 695 Any person..may begin an action to perpetuate any testimony which may be material for establishing such right or claim. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong > indefinitely or perpetuate eternize1601 perpetuatea1620 sempiternize1693 eternalize1808 a1620 M. Fotherby tr. Ovid Metam. i. 4 in Atheomastix (1622) ii. xiv. §4. 357 Ye gods draw on, perpetuate my rime, From Worlds first being, to my present time. 1791 H. More Estimate Relig. Fashionable World 147 Is it not to be regretted..that they do not like to perpetuate the principle, by encouraging it in their servants also? Derivatives perˈpetuated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adjective] > made perpetual perpetuate1503 perpetuated1632 1632 Swedish Intelligencer i. 8 With a perpetuated heart-burning. a1711 T. Ken Christophil in Wks. (1721) I. 522 Thou leav'st me longing for a brighter Ray, And for a more perpetuated Stay. 1842 W. A. Butler Serm. (1849) 1st Ser. x. 172 His perpetuated humanity is, then, in heaven,..the vestment of the divine priesthood. 2003 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 11 Mar. 9 a I cannot let the perpetuated myth pertaining to south St. Petersburg's schools go unchallenged. perˈpetuating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [noun] > making eternal or perpetuating perpetuation1395 perpetuance?a1562 perpetuating1593 eternalization1928 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares Ep. Ded. *2v To the supportiue perpetuating of your canonized reputation, wholie this booke haue I destined. 1650 S. Eaton Reply to Answer 38 in Oath of Allegiance If there be such a perpetuating Oath to any family, yet it is Conditional while that Familiy carrieth it justly, and according to the Laws of the Kingdom. 1677 in C. E. Pike Essex Papers (1913) II. 118 Ye Parties which lost it now was greater than wt carried it when ye perpetuating clause was lately ordered. 1760–1 C. Lennox Ladies Museum I. sig. X2 A perfect sylph, destined to nothing but the perpetuating of its species. 1830 W. Scott Old Mortality viii. (note) , in Tales of My Landlord (new ed.) III. 129 That perpetuating of factious quarrels, which is called in modern times Reaction. 1952 Physiol. Rev. 32 419 Such cells are considered as infected with a provirus, a perpetuating, but immature and nonlytic agent. 2000 E. Sandoz Polit. Apocalypse ix. 246 The perpetuating of political institutions as effective devices..is achieved through the exercise of raw power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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