单词 | perpetuation |
释义 | perpetuationn. The action of perpetuating something; permanent continuation; preservation from extinction or oblivion; (in recent use) spec. continuation or preservation of an idea, myth, etc., by reiteration. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [noun] > making eternal or perpetuating perpetuation1395 perpetuance?a1562 perpetuating1593 eternalization1928 Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 11 Perpetuacioun, or euere lastinge duringe. ?c1430 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Works (1871) III. 216 Of alle evelis þat comeþ bi weiward curatis is maad a perpetuacion. a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 66 Nocht for the perpetuacioune of man that than was inmortall bot for the nowmer..of the pepil chosin for eternall beatitud. 1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie i. vii. 40 Those..may vow..an holy perpetuation thereof to their end. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 72 Had they made as good provision for their names, as they have done for their Reliques, they had not so grossly erred in the art of perpetuation. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 203. ⁋8 Some..provide for the perpetuation of families and honours. 1784 T. Jefferson Let. 16 Apr. in Papers (1953) VII. 106 The perpetuation of the personal friendships contracted thro' the war. 1874 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 7) III. v. viii. 463 A court of equity..permitting any of the parties interested to institute proceedings..with a view to the mere perpetuation of the testimony. 1934 Neuphilol. Mitteilungen 35 129 The perpetuation of a Victorian prudishness. 1989 E. S. Person Love & Fateful Encounters v. 133 Their is a deep psychological reality that accounts for the perpetuation of Aristophanes' myth of the separated halves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1395 |
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