perpetuation
noun
the act of causing something to continue or go on happening.
perpetuance
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a variation of
perpetuation.
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a word derived from
perpetuate.
perpetuateverb (used with object)to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false): Vines obscured a plaque intended to perpetuate her memory.
Example Sentences
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I reckoned I saw her t’other day, a-passing through the Strand, but she saw not me—in a green perpetuance gown, and a black camlet hood.
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
She was free enough with her information as well—told me her name, and how many children she had, and that she paid three-and-fourpence the yard for her perpetuance gown.”
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
