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		perpetuateperpetuate /pɚˈpɛtʃuˌeɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEperpetuate |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | perpetuate |   | he, she, it | perpetuates |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | perpetuated |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have perpetuated |   | he, she, it | has perpetuated |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had perpetuated |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will perpetuate |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have perpetuated |  
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 | Present | I | am perpetuating |   | he, she, it | is perpetuating |   | you, we, they | are perpetuating |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was perpetuating |   | you, we, they | were perpetuating |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been perpetuating |   | he, she, it | has been perpetuating |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been perpetuating |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be perpetuating |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been perpetuating |  
     to make a situation, attitude, etc., especially a bad one, continue to exist:  We have an education system that perpetuates the problems in our society.—perpetuation /pɚˌpɛtʃuˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]  |